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Sailors assigned to the gunnery department of the U.S. Navy tugboat USS Conestoga (AT 54), top, pose with the tugboat's main battery, a 3-inch/50-caliber naval gun, in San Diego, Calif., in 1921.

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The crew of the U.S. Navy tugboat USS Conestoga (AT 54) is photographed in San Diego in early 1921.

The battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) fires one of its Mark 7 16-inch 50-caliber guns of turret No. 2 while underway. This is the last firing of the vessel's guns prior to its decommissioning

Dr. James P. Delgado discusses a photograph of USS Conestoga (AT 54) crew members standing at a U.S. Navy 3-inch/50-caliber gun, which helped properly identify the shipwreck during a ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial.

An overhead view of the three Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turrets of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) being fired during a gunnery demonstration off the coast of Costa Rica

The battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) fires one of its Mark 7 16-inch 50-caliber guns of turret No. 1 while underway. This is the last firing of the vessel's guns prior to its decommissioning

An overhead view of the three Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turrets of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) being fired during a gunnery demonstration off the coast of Costa Rica

An overhead view of the three Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turrets of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) being fired during a gunnery demonstration off the coast of Costa Rica

The U.S. Navy tugboat USS Conestoga (AT 54) is seen in its 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.

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WASHINGTON (Mar. 23, 2016) The U.S. Navy tugboat USS Conestoga (AT 54) is seen in its 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. (U.S. Navy photo) File# 160323-N-ZZ999-302

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