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U.S.S. PEORIA

(LST-1183)

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USS PEORIA (LST-1183 ) - a Newport class tank landing ship

In Commission 1970 to 1994

LST-1183 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB1968-Keel Date: 24 FEB 1968
at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
NOV1968-Launch Date: 23 NOV 1968
JAN1970-JAN1971West Pac
JAN1970-DEC1972West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1970-JAN1970Sea Trials
FEB1970-Commissioned: 21 FEB 1970
AUG1970-OCT1970med cruise
MAR1971-NOV1971West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1971-AUG1971West Pac
MAY1971-Shellback Initiation - 5 MAY 1971 - Pacific Ocean
AUG1971-AUG1971Supply Blue
OCT1971-OCT1971R&R after Vietnam in Australia
OCT1971- Shellback Initiation - 24 OCT 1971 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1972-OCT1972West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1972-JAN1973Dry Dock
JAN1972-JAN1972West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1973-JUN1976West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1973-OCT1973West Pac
JAN1973-OCT1973West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1973-JUL1973West Pac
MAR1973-OCT1973West Pac
SEP1973-JUN1976West Pac
SEP1973-JUN1976West Pac
OCT1974-JUN1975West Pac-Viet Nam - Embassy Evacuation
MAY1975- Shellback Initiation - 1 MAY 1975 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1976-JAN1978West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1976-JUN1976West Pac
APR1976-OCT1976typhoon pamela
JUN1977-Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1977 - Pacific Ocean
JUN1977- Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1977 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1977-MAY1978West Pac
MAR1978-OCT1978West Pac
APR1978-OCT1978West Pac
JUN1978-Shellback Initiation - 1 JUN 1978 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1979-MAR1980Regular Overhaul
OCT1980-Shellback Initiation - 10 OCT 1980 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1980-APR1981West Pac
FEB1981-MAR1981West Pac
JUN1982- Shellback Initiation - 25 JUN 1982 - Pacific Ocean
JUN1982- Shellback Initiation - 25 JUN 1982 - Pacific Ocean
JUN1982-Shellback Initiation - 25 JUN 1982 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1983-JAN1984West Pac
NOV1985-MAR1986West Pac
JUN1987-DEC1987West Pac
JAN1988-FEB1988Inchon Landing
JAN1989-JUN1989Circumnavigation
AUG1991-Shellback Initiation - 1 AUG 1991 - Pacific Ocean
DEC1991-AUG1992Desert Storm
JAN1994-Decommissioned: 28 JAN 1994

LST-1183 General Specifications

Class: Newport class tank landing ship

Named for: Peoria

Complement: 14 Officers and 210 Enlisted

Displacement: 5190 tons

Length: 522 feet

Beam: 70 feet

Flank Speed: 20+ knots

Final Disposition: Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise July 12 2004



USS PEORIA (LST-1183)



The fourth Peoria was laid down 22 February 1968 by National Steel & Shipbuilding Corp. San Diego Calif. Iaunched 23 November 1968 sponsored by Mrs. Robert H. Michel; and commissioned 21 February 1970.

As the fourth of a new class of LST she is a radical departure from the battle tested LSTs of World War II. Instead of a bow door she has an over the bow ramp. She also has a stern gate to permit unloading of amphibious tractors or unloading of other vehicles into LCU's for ferrying to the beach She is also twice as fast and much more manuverable. She will be an excellent addition to the Amphibious Forces of the Navy.

[Note: The above USS PEORIA (LST-1183) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS PEORIA (LST-1183) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]