| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Canandaigua[1] |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia[1] |
| Launched | May 1901[1] |
| Commissioned | 2 March 1918[1] |
| Notes | Operated as commercial passenger-cargo ship El Siglo c. 1901-1917[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minelayer (in 1918)[1] |
| Displacement | 7,000 tons[1] |
| Length | 405 ft (123 m)[1] |
| Beam | 48 ft (15 m)[1] |
| Draft | 20 ft (6.1 m)[1] |
| Speed | 15 knots[1] |
| Capacity | 830 mines (900 max)[1] |
| Crew | 21 officers and 400 men[1] |
| Armament | |
The second USS Canandaigua was the Southern Pacific freighter El Siglo temporarily converted for planting the World War I North Sea Mine Barrage. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company launched El Siglo at Newport News, Virginia in May 1901 for service between New York City and Gulf of Mexico seaports of New Orleans and Galveston, Texas. The United States Shipping Board took control of the ship from Southern Pacific Steamship Company in 1917.