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Conestoga in 1921
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Conestoga |
Builder | Maryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland, U.S. |
Laid down | 1904 |
Acquired | by purchase, 14 September 1917 |
Commissioned | 10 November 1917 |
Reclassified | AT-54, 17 July 1920 |
Fate | Declared lost with all her crew, 30 June 1921 [wreck found 2016] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Tugboat |
Displacement | 420 long tons (430 t) |
Length | 170 ft (52 m) |
Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Speed | 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
Complement | 56 |
Armament | 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun |
USS Conestoga (shipwreck and remains) | |
Location | Pacific Ocean |
Nearest city | San Francisco, California |
Coordinates | 37°39′N 122°57′W / 37.650°N 122.950°W |
Built | 1903 |
Architect | Maryland Steel Company |
NRHP reference No. | 16000358 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 6, 2016 |
The second USS Conestoga (SP-1128/AT-54) was an ocean-going tug in the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1917, it disappeared in the Pacific Ocean in 1921. The fate of the vessel was a mystery until its wreck was positively identified in 2016.