Conestoga (1904)

Later names:
USS Conestoga SP-1128 (Nov. 10, 1917)
USS Conestoga AT-54 (July 17, 1920)

Builder:
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrows Point, Maryland, U.S.A.
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
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.
   
Owners
1904
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Philadelphia, PA.

1917:
U.S. Navy


Notes
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
Page published June 21, 2016