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maritime archaeology

USS Conestoga (AT 54), the last known broadside photograph taken likely during WWI when the tugboat was equipped with a 3-inch 50 caliber naval gun and two machine guns. The tugboat was later equipped with only a single 3-inch 50 caliber gun when it disappeared while en route from Mare Island to America Samoa, by way of Pearl Harbor in 1921.

Science and shipwrecks: Preserving America’s maritime history

April 13, 2018

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maritime archaeology

USS Conestoga (AT 54), the last known broadside photograph taken likely during WWI when the tugboat was equipped with a 3-inch 50 caliber naval gun and two machine guns. The tugboat was later equipped with only a single 3-inch 50 caliber gun when it disappeared while en route from Mare Island to America Samoa, by way of Pearl Harbor in 1921.

Maritime archaeologists get to do a lot of cool things for their research, such as diving carefully around shipwrecks.

Watch 'Adventures of a Maritime Archaeologist,' new 7-part video series

December 13, 2016

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maritime archaeology

Maritime archaeologists get to do a lot of cool things for their research, such as diving carefully around shipwrecks.

Diane Gollnitz, granddaughter of Ernest Larkin Jones, Commanding Officer of the USS Conestoga, recently learned of the discovery of the ship. For 95 years, the fate of her grandfather, the crew, and the ship have been an unsolved mystery.

Family members of those lost to USS Conestoga wreck write of gratitude, sadness

May 3, 2016

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maritime archaeology

Diane Gollnitz, granddaughter of Ernest Larkin Jones, Commanding Officer of the USS Conestoga, recently learned of the discovery of the ship. For 95 years, the fate of her grandfather, the crew, and the ship have been an unsolved mystery.

The officers and crew of USS Conestoga, in San Diego, California in 1921. Lost for 95 years, the tug was discovered in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary off San Francisco.

The mystery of the missing USS Conestoga is solved

March 23, 2016

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The officers and crew of USS Conestoga, in San Diego, California in 1921. Lost for 95 years, the tug was discovered in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary off San Francisco.

Bluefields sonar image.

NOAA team discovers two vessels from WWII convoy battle off North Carolina

October 21, 2014

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maritime archaeology

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