USS Conestoga

USS Conestoga

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named "Conestoga" after the Conestoga wagon, a broad wheeled, covered, wagon first built in Conestoga, Pennsylvania.

*, a side-wheeled steamer, was purchased in June 1861. She served on the Mississippi River and its tributaries during the American Civil War. On the night of 8 March 1864 "Conestoga" collided with USS|General Price and sank immediately.

* USS "Conestoga" was the planned name for the monitor USS|Sangamon|1862 and the name was changed while the ship was still on the stocks. She served in the American Civil War and later served in the Spanish-American War as "Jason".

*, commissioned 10 November 1917. Assigned to the Submarine Force, "Conestoga" carried out towing duties throughout World War I. She was declared lost-at-sea 30 June 1921.

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