US Navy ship lost at sea in 1921 is found - 56 dead
BartSimpson @ Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:36 pm
Full title: After 95 years, a Navy ship lost at sea with all hands is finally discovered
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/af ... ge%2Fstory
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The USS Conestoga left the Navy yard at Mare Island, Calif., on Good Friday, 1921, bound for Pearl Harbor, with a complement of 56 sailors.
It cleared the Golden Gate at 3:25 p.m. and steamed into the Gulf of the Farallones in heavy seas. Conestoga was a rugged oceangoing tug that had once hauled coal barges for a Pennsylvania railroad.
But 17 years after its launch in Baltimore, it had undergone hard use and had a reputation as a “wet boat,” one that shipped water easily.
At 4 p.m. that day, as the San Francisco light ship recorded big waves and gale-force winds, Conestoga passed Point Bonita and was not heard from again.
Wednesday, 95 years later, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Navy announced that the wreck has been found a few miles from Southeast Farallon Island, just off the California coast.
It cleared the Golden Gate at 3:25 p.m. and steamed into the Gulf of the Farallones in heavy seas. Conestoga was a rugged oceangoing tug that had once hauled coal barges for a Pennsylvania railroad.
But 17 years after its launch in Baltimore, it had undergone hard use and had a reputation as a “wet boat,” one that shipped water easily.
At 4 p.m. that day, as the San Francisco light ship recorded big waves and gale-force winds, Conestoga passed Point Bonita and was not heard from again.
Wednesday, 95 years later, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Navy announced that the wreck has been found a few miles from Southeast Farallon Island, just off the California coast.
The USS Conestoga
Her last crew:
BartSimpson @ Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:36 pm
Rest in Peace, Gentlemen.
BartSimpson @ Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:38 pm
Much more to the story at the link.
DrCaleb @ Thu Mar 24, 2016 5:42 am
Sad story, but good they are finally at rest.
raydan @ Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:35 pm
Looking at the picture of the ship and saying to myself that I would have never wanted to get on that in heavy seas. 
Rip... 