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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navy tugboat uss conestoga
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1921
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U.S. NAVY
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