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Auxiliary Gunboat / AT-48 / YT-109 Peoria

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Spanish Campaign Medal

Auxiliary Gunboat:

Built (date unknown) as the pilot boat Philadelphia at Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, PA.

Acquired by the Navy, 23 May 1898

Commissioned, USS Peoria, 15 May 1898

Redesignated a Steel Steam Tug in 1908

Redesignated Fleet Tug (AT-48), 17 July 1920

Decommissioned, 30 January 1921, at Key West FL.

Recommissioned, 14 April 1921

Redesignated Harbor Tug (YT-109), June 1921

Decommissioned, 10 November 1921, at New York City, N.Y.

Final Disposition, sold 16 June 1922, fate unknown.

Specifications:
Displacement 487 t.
Length 131'
Beam 25'
Draft 10' 6"
Speed 9 kts.
Armament four 3-pdr. Hotchkiss rapid-fire guns, one 6mm machine gun
Propulsion steam, single shaft

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	105k	*Peoria, circa. May 1898, possibly at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, following conversion for naval service. US Navy National Archives photo 19-N-17-24-2* US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the US National Archives.		US Naval Historical Center

View the Peoria (Auxiliary Gunboat / AT-48)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable to this Vessel

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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