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U.S.S. PEORIA
(LST-1183)WE LEAD
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USS PEORIA (LST-1183 ) - a Newport class tank landing ship
In Commission 1970 to 1994LST-1183 Deployments - Major Events
Add a LST-1183 Shellback Initiation | Add a LST-1183 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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FEB | 1968 | - | Keel Date: 24 FEB 1968 at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | ||
NOV | 1968 | - | Launch Date: 23 NOV 1968 | ||
JAN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1971 | West Pac |
JAN | 1970 | - | DEC | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1970 | Sea Trials |
FEB | 1970 | - | Commissioned: 21 FEB 1970 | ||
AUG | 1970 | - | OCT | 1970 | med cruise |
MAR | 1971 | - | NOV | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1971 | - | AUG | 1971 | West Pac |
MAY | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 MAY 1971 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1971 | - | AUG | 1971 | Supply Blue |
OCT | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | R&R after Vietnam in Australia |
OCT | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 OCT 1971 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1972 | - | OCT | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1973 | Dry Dock |
JAN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1973 | - | JUN | 1976 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1973 | - | OCT | 1973 | West Pac |
JAN | 1973 | - | OCT | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1973 | - | JUL | 1973 | West Pac |
MAR | 1973 | - | OCT | 1973 | West Pac |
SEP | 1973 | - | JUN | 1976 | West Pac |
SEP | 1973 | - | JUN | 1976 | West Pac |
OCT | 1974 | - | JUN | 1975 | West Pac-Viet Nam - Embassy Evacuation |
MAY | 1975 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 MAY 1975 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1976 | - | JAN | 1978 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1976 | - | JUN | 1976 | West Pac |
APR | 1976 | - | OCT | 1976 | typhoon pamela |
JUN | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1977 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1977 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1977 | - | MAY | 1978 | West Pac |
MAR | 1978 | - | OCT | 1978 | West Pac |
APR | 1978 | - | OCT | 1978 | West Pac |
JUN | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JUN 1978 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1979 | - | MAR | 1980 | Regular Overhaul |
OCT | 1980 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 OCT 1980 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1980 | - | APR | 1981 | West Pac |
FEB | 1981 | - | MAR | 1981 | West Pac |
JUN | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 JUN 1982 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 JUN 1982 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 JUN 1982 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1983 | - | JAN | 1984 | West Pac |
NOV | 1985 | - | MAR | 1986 | West Pac |
JUN | 1987 | - | DEC | 1987 | West Pac |
JAN | 1988 | - | FEB | 1988 | Inchon Landing |
JAN | 1989 | - | JUN | 1989 | Circumnavigation |
AUG | 1991 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 AUG 1991 - Pacific Ocean | ||
DEC | 1991 | - | AUG | 1992 | Desert Storm |
JAN | 1994 | - | 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]