USS Conestoga (AT-54)

USS Conestoga (AT-54)

The second USS "Conestoga" (AT-54) was an ocean-going tug in the United States Navy.

Originally built as the civilian ship "Conestoga" in 1904 by Maryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland, she was purchased 14 September 1917 for the World War I duty and designated "'SP-1128". She was commissioned 10 November 1917, Lieutenant (junior grade) C. Olsen, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the Submarine Force, "Conestoga" carried out towing duties along the Atlantic coast, transported supplies and guns, escorted convoys to Bermuda and the Azores, and cruised with the American Patrol Detachment in the vicinity of the Azores. At the end of the war she was attached to Naval Base No. 13, Azores, from which she towed disabled ships and escorted convoys until her arrival at New York 26 September 1919. She was then assigned to harbor tug duty in the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, Virginia.

"Conestoga" (which had received the hull number AT-54 in July 1920) went to the Pacific in late 1920. She was at San Diego, California and Mare Island, California, during the first three months of 1921. On 25 March of that year the tug steamed out of Mare Island, with a barge of coal sailing via Pearl Harbor planning to take up an assignment as station ship at Tutuila, American Samoa.

Commanded by Lt. Ernest Larkin Jones, "Conestoga" was never seen again. Despite an extensive search, the only trace found of her was a lifeboat bearing the initial letter of her name.

References

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*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c12/conestoga-ii.htm

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/at54.htm history.navy.mil: USS "Conestoga" Photos]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/47054.htm navsource.org: USS "Conestoga"]


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