USS Conestoga (AT-54)

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USS Conestoga (AT-54)

Conestoga in 1921
History
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)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Pacific Ocean
Nearest city	San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°39′N 122°57′W / 37.650°N 122.950°W / 37.650; -122.950
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.