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USS Peoria
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city in
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(SwStr:
dp. 974; l. 235’6”; b. 35’;
dr. 9’3”; cpl. 137; a. 4 8” D. sb.
guns, 2 60-pdr. P. r., 2 24-pdr. D. how., 2 20-pdr. D. how.)
The first Peoria, a double-ended
sidewheel steamer was built at the New York Navy
Yard; launched 29 October 1863; and commissioned 26 December 1866, Comdr. Oscar
C. Badger in command.
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