USS Peoria, a 1430-ton Tacoma class frigate, was built at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. She was accepted by the Navy in July 1944 and briefly placed in service to be ferried to another port for further outfitting. The ship was delivered in October 1944, and on the 15th of that month placed in commission, probably for the purpose of moving her from the Great Lakes area to the Gulf of Mexico. On 2 January 1945, in ceremonies held at Houston, Texas, Tacoma entered full commissioned status, with a crew furnished by the U.S. Coast Guard. After conducting her shakedown in the vicinity of Bermuda, in March she made her only wartime operational voyage, escorting a convoy to Gibraltar and returning to the U.S. with another convoy from Algeria. She was then sent to New England for anti-submarine training service. In May and June 1945 Peoria was modified for duty as a weather station ship, and served in the north Atlantic in that role for the rest of the year and into the next. Decommissioned in May 1946, Peoria was stricken from the Navy Register in June and turned over to the State Department for disposition. She was transferred to Cuba in mid-June 1947. Renamed Antonio Maceo, she was a unit of Cuba's navy until 1975.
This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have concerning USS Peoria (PF-67).
For images of this ship after her transfer to the
Cuban Navy, see:
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Photo #: 19-N-84713 USS Peoria (PF-67) 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. Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-84712 USS Peoria (PF-67) 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. Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-84717 USS Peoria (PF-67) 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. Online Image: 126KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-84718 USS Peoria (PF-67) 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. Online Image: 149KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-84719 USS Peoria (PF-67) Off Charleston, South Carolina, following modification as a weather station ship, circa June 1945. Note the weather balloon hangar erected atop her after superstructure. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 125KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-84720 USS Peoria (PF-67) 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. Online Image: 114KB; 600 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-84721 USS Peoria (PF-67) Off Charleston, South Carolina, following modification as a weather station ship, circa June 1945. Note the men standing in and near the weather balloon hangar atop her after superstructure. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 138KB; 595 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-71140 USS Peoria (PF-67) Fitting out at the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, 12 January 1944. Note the scaffolding erected on the ice by the ship's bow. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 100KB; 660 x 675 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-71139 USS Peoria (PF-67) Fitting out at the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, 12 January 1944. Note the ladder on the ice by the ship's stern. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 98KB; 690 x 640 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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For images of this ship after her transfer to the
Cuban Navy, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 11 May 2004