Conestoga (1904) |
Later names: |
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USS Conestoga SP-1128 (Nov. 10, 1917) |
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USS Conestoga AT-54 (July 17, 1920) |
Builder: |
Maryland Steel Company Sparrows Point, Maryland, U.S.A. |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
N/A |
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Year Built: |
1904 |
Launched: |
March 18, 1903 |
Type: |
Tug |
Completed: |
February 1904 |
Fate: |
Missing after sailing from Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California for American Samoa on Mar. 25, 1921. 56 men lost, no survivors. (Roll of Honor) In 2016 the wreck of Conestoga was identified, it is located about 30 miles west of the mouth of San Francisco Bay off South Farallon Island. |
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Owners |
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1904 |
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Philadelphia, PA. |
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1917: |
U.S. Navy |
Notes |
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Sept. 14, 1917: |
Purchased by U.S. Navy. |
Nov. 10, 1917 |
Commissioned as USS Conestoga SP-1128. |
July 17, 1920: |
Reclassified as AT-54. |
2009: |
Wreck located. |
Mar. 23, 2016: |
Announcement that wreck of Conestoga had been identified. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published June 21, 2016 |