ONLINE: The Loss of the USS Conestoga: Solving one of the Top Five Unsolved Shipwreck Mysteries
The USS Conestoga, with 56 U.S. Navy sailors onboard, departed Mare Island in San Francisco Bay on March 25, 1921 for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was never seen again. Ultimately the tug was located 2100 miles from where it was presumed lost, off Southeast Farallon Island outside the Golden Gate. This presentation will include underwater video of the wreck site and an interview with the granddaughter of the commanding officer that was lost with his ship. This is a Zoom Webinar presentation by Robert Schwemmer, West Coast Regional Maritime Heritage Coordinator for NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, who participated in the discovery of the USS Conestoga.