NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) and the U.S. Navy introduced on Wednesday the invention of the wreck of USS Conestoga within the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary in California, fixing one of many best maritime mysteries ever in U.S. Navy historical past.

The Conestoga and its 56 crew vanished and not using a hint after crusing from San Francisco Bay on March 25, 1921 on a voyage to Tutuila, American Samoa through Pearl Harbor, however when the ship by no means arrived many questions over the place, when, and the way the ship went down had been left unanswered.

The shipwreck was really first documented in 2009, nevertheless it took investigators two years and a second survey in October 2015 to substantiate the wreck because the Conestoga.

Conestoga was initially constructed as a civilian tug for a railroad firm in 1904, nevertheless it was later bought by the U.S. Navy in September 1917 to hold out towing and escort duties alongside the Atlantic coast.

You can discover extra concerning the USS Conestoga on the National Marine Sanctuaries website.