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USS Peoria (LST-1183)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Lima - Alpha NQLA

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation (2)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (5) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Op. Eagle Pull, Op. Frequent Wind) - *Vietnam Service Medal (2 or 3) - Southwest Asia Service Medal
Fourth Row - Humanitarian Service Medal (Eagle Pull, Frequent Wind, Typhoon Pamela) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

LST-1179 Newport Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 24 February 1968, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Corp, San Diego, CA.

Launched, 23 November 1968

Commissioned USS Peoria (LST-1183), 21 February 1970, CDR. John T. Williams in command

During the Vietnam War USS Peoria participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam War Campaigns
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 12 to 14 and 20 to 23 May 1971 21 to 25 June 1971	*Vietnam Evacuation (Operation Frequent Wind) 29 to 30 April 1975
Consolidation I 8 to 11 and 13 to 15 August 1971

Decommissioned, 28 January 1994

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, category C status, at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) Pearl Harbor, HI.

Struck from the Naval Register, 6 November 2002

Final Disposition, sunk as a target sunk, 12 July 2004, during RIMPAC 2004

USS Peoria earned two campaign stars for Vietnam Service Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for Operation Frequent Wind or 3 campaign stars for the Vietnam Service Medal if the Armed Forces Medal is exchanged for the 18th Vietnam campaign Operation Frequent Wind

Peoria

Specifications:
Displacement 5,190 t.(lt), 8,550 t.(fl)
Length 522' 3" (ovl)
Beam 69' 9 1/2" (max)

Draft

max forward (fl) 13' 6"

max aft (fl) 16' 3" 15'

Speed 27 kts. max.

Complement

14 Officers

15 CPO

226 Other Enlisted

Troop Accommodations

18 Officers

21 SNCO

268 Other Enlisted

Boats

three 36' LCVPs

one 36' LCPL

Aircraft flight deck one spot

Armament

As Built

two twin 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

Upgraded

two 25mm chain guns

six .50 cal machine guns

one 20mm Phalanx (CIWS)

Propulsion

six 16 cylinder ALCO 16-251E main propulsion Diesel engines

two shafts, three engines per shaft, 15,000shp

two controllable reversible pitch propellers, twin rudders

three ALCO 8-251C Generator sets, 1200 KW

one 800 hp variable thrust bowthruster

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
1015118313	37k	Pen and Ink drawing of *USS Peoria* (LST 1183)**. by © Ian Hall	Tommy Trampp
	74k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183)** outbound to sea from San Diego Bay, date unknown. Photo from Varamar Arts Canvas.	Tommy Trampp
	84k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, May 1970.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
1016118314	115k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183)** underway, date and location unknown.	Tommy Trampp
	30k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183)** underway in San Diego harbor, circa 1970 US Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
	51k	*USS Peoria* (LST-1183)**, underway while passing under the Coronado Bridge at San Diego, date unknown. US Navy photo
	78k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183)** moored pierside at White Beach, Okinawa as BLT E 2/9 3rd Mar. Div. deploys to Okinawa, May 1973.	Steven P Wesley HM3 USN 1970-74
	767k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183) beached at Numazu Japan in 1973. Photo was taken from the deck of USS Frederick (LST-1184)** during beaching operations.	Photo by Cort Jackson
	868k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183) underway in the Sibuyan Sea, circa summer 1973. Photo taken from USS Conquest (MSO-488)**.	Photo by CDR Michael Cosgrove USN Ret. USS Conquest
	95k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183) and USS Frederick (LST-1184)** moored at NASSCO Shipyard, San Diego, CA., October 1984.	Photo by Scott Miller
	67k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183) and USS Frederick (LST-1184)** moored at Pearl Harbor, HI., May 1986.	Photo by Scott Miller
	79k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183) underway during 1985-86 WESTPAC cruise. Note Peoria**'s bow thruster out of the water.	Photo by Scott Miller
	164k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183)** moored pierside at Ship Repair Facility, Subic Bay P.I. in 1987.	Photo by Scott Miller
	276k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183)** out bound to sea from San Diego, CA., date unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. and Robert Hurst
1016118315	205k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183)** outbound to sea from San Diego, Ca., date unknown. ©George Barber	Nicholas Tiberio
1016118316	149k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183)** arrives at Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Philippines, 5 August 1991. Volcanic ash from the recent eruption of Mount Pinatubo covers much of the landscape in the background. U.S DefenseImagery photo #DN-ST-92-03810, a U.S. Navy photo by PH2(AW) Catherine T. Hogan, USN.	Robert Hurst
1016118317	312k	U.S. Navy station personnel clean ash from the airfield at Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Philippines, in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's volcanic eruption in early June. In the background, *USS Peoria* (LST-1183)** stands at anchor in the bay, 27 November 1991. U.S. DefenseImagery photo # DN-SC-92-01745, A U.S. Navy photo by PH2 Andrew Heuer, USN.	Robert Hurst
	29k	*USS Peoria* (LST 1183) and USS Tuscaloosa (LST 1187)** moored at the Naval Inactive Ship's Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor, HI. June 1999.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret

Portraits of USS Peoria (LST-1183) by Robert Smith BM3 USN, 1st Division USS Peoria 1978-1982
"P-Boat Angel Watching Over the USS Peoria"	"USS Peoria"	"Peoria Rides Storm in Helix Nebula in Space"	"Peoria in the Clouds"	"USS Peoria Blue Sky at Night"	"Peoria vs Neptune Rex2"

For more photos and information about USS Peoria see;
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association
Mobile Riverine Force Association

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Williams, John Thomas	21 February 1970 - 10 April 1971
02	CDR. Edwards, Jerry James	10 April 1971 - 25 September1972
03	CDR. Steed, Samuel	25 September 1972 - 22 March 1974
04	CDR. West, Charles Thomas	22 March 1974 - 21 March 1975
05	CDR. Bishop, William Richard	21 March 1975 - 18 March 1977
06	CDR. Colbert Jr., Edward William	18 March 1977 - 25 February1979
07	CDR. Richardson, David Paul	25 February 1979 - 10 January 1981
08	CDR. Snodgrass, Donald James	10 January 1981 - 11 March 1983
09	CDR. Eacott, Richard George	11 March 1983 - 8 June 1985
10	CDR. Joy II, Ernest Harriman	8 June 1985 - 17 September 1987
11	CDR. Londot, Jack Lane	17 September 1987 - 15 September 1989
12	CDR. Tilton, Terry Warren, USN (USNA 1973)	15 September 1989 - 18 January 1992
13	CDR. Areizaga, Charles, USN (USNA 1975)	18 January 1992 - 15 November 1993
14	LCDR. Rucker, William Karl, USN (USNA 1979)	15 November 1993 - 28 January1994


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