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Peoria (PF 67)
ex-PG-175


Peoria served the Navies of the United States and Cuba.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-175; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate, PF-67, 15 April 1943; Laid down 25 May 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.; Launched 2 October 1943; Accepted by the Navy in July 1944 and placed in service to be ferried to another port for further outfitting; Delivered in October 1944; Placed in commission 15 October 1944, probably for the purpose of moving her from the Great Lakes area to the Gulf of Mexico; Placed in full commission as USS Peoria (PF-67), 2 January 1945 at Houston, TX; Decommissioned 15 May 1946; Struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946; Turned over to the State Department Liquidation Commission and sold to Cuba 16 June 1947 as Antonio Maceo (F-302); Sunk as a target in 1975.

Specifications: Displacement 1,190 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament three 3"/50AA gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts , nine 20mm guns, 1 Hedgehog depth charge projector; eight Y-gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge racks; Propulsion, two 5,500 iHP turbines, two shafts, three boilers.


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Peoria 97k Fitting out at the Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, 12
January 1944.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
U.S. Navy photo 19-N-71139
Naval Historical Center
Peoria 100k Fitting out at the Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, 12
January 1944.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
U.S. Navy photo 19-N-71140
Naval Historical Center
Peoria 61k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Peoria 83k Off Charleston, South Carolina, following modification as a weather station ship, circa June 1945.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
U.S. Navy photo 19-N-84712
Naval Historical Center
Peoria 83k Off Charleston, South Carolina, following modification as a weather station ship, circa June 1945.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
U.S. Navy photo 19-N-84713
Naval Historical Center
Peoria 130k Off Charleston, South Carolina, following modification as a weather station ship, circa June 1945.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
U.S. Navy photo 19-N-84717
Naval Historical Center
Peoria 160k Off Charleston, South Carolina, following modification as a weather station ship, circa June 1945.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
U.S. Navy photo 19-N-84718
Naval Historical Center
Peoria 138k Off Charleston, South Carolina, following modification as a weather station ship, circa June 1945.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
U.S. Navy photo 19-N-84719
Naval Historical Center
Peoria 127k Off Charleston, South Carolina, following modification as a weather station ship, circa June 1945.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
U.S. Navy photo 19-N-84720
Naval Historical Center
Peoria 152k Off Charleston, South Carolina, following modification as a weather station ship, circa June 1945.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
U.S. Navy photo 19-N-84721
Naval Historical Center
Peoria 78k Antonio Maceo visiting New Orleans, Louisiana. Photographed at 1545 hrs. Eastern Standard Time, 9
May 1950.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
U.S. Navy photo NH 99316
Naval Historical Center
Peoria 104k Antonio Maceo visiting New Orleans, Louisiana. Photographed at 1545 hrs. Eastern Standard Time, 9
May 1950.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
U.S. Navy photo NH 99317
Naval Historical Center

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