Construction
The first US Navy ship named for Commodore David Conner (1792–1856), Conner was launched 21 August 1917 by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sponsored by Miss E. Diederich, and commissioned 12 January 1918, Commander A. G. Howe in command.
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