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MARITIMEMYSTERY PHOTOSBYU.S.NAVALHISTORYANDHERITAGECOMMAND The USS Conestoga (AT-54) is seen in San Diego, Calif, circa early 1921. By Catherine Lucey and Lisa Lerer TheAssociatedPress STANFORD Hillary Clin- ton is doing what Repub- lican rivals now say they took far too long to do: Taking Donald Trump se- riously. In interviews and for- eign policy addresses this week, the Democratic front-runner has worked to undercut Trump's creden- tials in the wake of deadly bombings in Brussels. Her goal is to transform the voters' vision of the bom- bastic reality TV star into a potential commander in chief with his finger on a nuclear trigger — an image her team believes will repel voters in November. Clinton is casting her- self as a calm harbor in a stormy world, frequently mentioning the need for "steady hands." The com- ment is a clear reference to Trump with the impli- cation he'd never fill that need. In a speech Wednes- day Stanford University, Clinton called for "strong, smart, steady leadership," arguing that recent com- ments from Republicans Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz show they are not up to the task of combatting Islamic militants. "Turning our back on our alliances, or turning our alliance into a pro- tection racket would re- verse decades of biparti- san American leadership and send a dangerous sig- nal to friend and foe alike," she said, referencing a call by Trump to lessen U.S. in- volvement in NATO. "Putin already hopes to divide Eu- rope. If Mr. Trump gets his way, it will be like Christ- mas in the Kremlin." Clinton also assailed Cruz's call for patrolling Muslim neighborhoods. "When Republican can- didates like Ted Cruz call for treating American Mus- lims like criminals and for racially profiling predom- inantly Muslim neighbor- hoods, it's wrong, it's coun- terproductive, it's danger- ous," Clinton said. Trump quickly dis- missed her speech on Twit- ter and insisted he's better prepared to take over the country's fight against Is- lamic State militants. "Just watched Hill- ary deliver a prepackaged speech on terror. She's been in office fighting terror for 20 years — and look where we are!" he wrote, adding: "I will be the best by far in fighting terror. I'm the only one that was right from the beginning, & now Lyin' Ted & others are copying me." That last was a reference to a Republican rival. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Political strategists in both parties admit to be- ing slightly baffled by the coming general election, acknowledging they have few clear expectations for a match-up between candi- dates with such high nega- tive ratings and vastly dif- ferent personal styles. But there is on predic- tion they all agree on: It will get ugly. Though there are still monthsofprimarycontests to come, the two front-run- ners have already begun trading heated attacks. Trump has accused Clin- ton of being responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands across the globe. Clinton, in turn, has ac- cused him of inciting vio- lence and likened his rise in the polls to "dark chap- ters" of history like the Ho- locaust. Her aides see foreign policy as an area that al- lows Clinton to highlight both Trump's unpredict- able temperament and lack of international expe- rience. Democrats say those points, coupled with his controversial statements about women, Latinos and Muslims, will help their party woo moderate inde- pendents and even Repub- lican voters — and of-set potential losses among the white, working class men attracted to Trump's can- didacy. One day after the Brus- sels attacks, Clinton stressed adapting to take on a sophisticated oppo- nent, strengthening alli- ances abroad and not us- ing "bluster that alienates our partners." The United States, she said, must in- tensify the air campaign against Islamic militants, support local Arab and Kurdish forces on the ground, take on extrem- ism online and "harden de- fenses" at home. She said the Brussels at- tacks showed the need for a "harder look at security protocols at airports and other sensitive, so-called soft sites." Referencing the conflict between the FBI and Apple over an en- crypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino at- tackers, Clinton said the technologycommunityand governmentmustfindways to work together, calling for an "intelligence surge" in the United States and with allies. Like Clinton, Trump, sees international insta- bility as offering advan- tages to his campaign, re- peatedly pointing to the November 2015 attacks in Paris as a turning point that boosted his poll num- bers and helped win him voters. "Whenever there's a big problem_national security type problem_I go up be- cause people view me as much stronger. And they actually think that I_I think they feel I'm much more competent," Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg television. He's offered a flurry of inflammatory — and fre- quently vague — policy proposals to tackle terror- ism. In the wake of Brus- sels attacks, he for the U.S. to "close up our borders," start widespread govern- ment surveillance on Mus- lims and expand inter- national laws to permit forms of torture like wa- terboarding. And he's in- creasingly trying to recast Clinton's tenure as Ameri- ca's top diplomat as one of failed leadership, blaming her for continued chaos in the Middle East. PRESIDENTIAL RACE Vo wi ng t o de fe at I SI S, Clinton takes on Trump By Matthew Barakat The Associated Press WASHINGTON The discov- ery of a century-old ship- wreck off the San Francisco coast has resolved one of the U.S. Navy's greatest mari- time mysteries. And for Vi- olet Pammer, it resolved the question of what happened to her Uncle Harvey. "I grew up with Uncle Harvey's picture hanging on the wall. We never knew what happened," said Pam- mer, a Northampton, Penn- sylvania, resident and the great-niece of Harvey Rein- bold, boatswain of the USS Conestoga. "It was supposed to be his last voyage." The Conestoga, a tugboat, had a crew of 56 when it de- parted the Golden Gate on March 25, 1921, on its way to Pearl Harbor and eventually American Samoa. When the Conestoga failed to arrive at Pearl Har- bor as scheduled, the Navy launched what was the greatest search and rescue effort of the 20th century, surpassed only years later bythesearchforAmeliaEar- hart. There had been some thought that a garbled com- munication received near Hawaii might have come from the Conestoga, but nothing was found. There was little expectation that the newly refurbished Con- estoga would sink so soon intohervoyage.InJune1921, theNavydeclaredtheCones- toga and her crew lost. On Wednesday, research- ers from the National Oce- anic and Atmospheric Ad- ministration (NOAA) and the Navy announced they have found the Conestoga in the waters of the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuaryabout30miles off the coast. The waters, home to great white sharks and migrating whales, also serve as the final resting place for more than 300 shipwrecks, which NOAA has been try- ing to map in recent years. The identification of the Conestoga was a yearslong effort that featured a mix of research, dangerous work in shark-infested waters and a dash of good luck, research- ers said. It began in 2009 when a survey near the Farallon Islands identified a prob- able shipwreck. In 2014, NOAA sent a research ves- sel, the Fulmar, outfitted with a Remotely Operated Vehicle about the size of a large piece of luggage that plunged nearly 200 feet to obtain high-quality video andstillimagesofthewreck. TheROVdivesrevealed"a wreckofsomeage,festooned withmarinelife,"saidJames Delgado, a NOAA investiga- tor. Photos show the hull encrusted with colorful sea anemones, teeming with rockfish, eel and even oc- topus. "The wreck is now a place of life, as well as a me- morial," Delgado said. One image provided what turned out to be a smoking gun in identifying the Con- estoga — a well-preserved, 3-inch/50 caliber gun inside the ship's forward hull. The gun was crucial be- cause of a series of photo- graphs taken of the Con- estoga and its crew in San Diego, months before it dis- appeared, while the ship wasundergoingrepairs.One shows six sailors from the gunnery department pos- ing with the gun, an exact match to what was found in the wreck. Several dozen family members attended Wednes- day'sannouncement,includ- ing Diane Gollnitz of Timo- nium, Maryland, the grand- daughter of Conestoga commander Ernest L. Jones. "It brings to closure this big mystery we had in our family," said Gollnitz, who never knew her grandfather. She said he "was raised on a farm in landlocked Kansas, but he read books about the sea and always wanted to join the Navy." Laurie Clab- bers of Meadowbrook, Penn- sylvania,Pammer'sdaughter and the great-great niece of Harvey Reinbold, had been doing genealogical research onUncleHarveythedaythat NOAA officials sent her an emailadvisingherofthedis- covery. "We always felt bad that he didn't have any de- scendants," Clabbers said of Reinbold, a square-jawed sailor who had just mar- ried months before and was on his last voyage with the Navy. "You see in the pic- tures, he was this handsome guy;hehadlikeamovie-star presence." Delgado and the other re- searchers believe the Cones- toga ran into a gale in bad weather shortly after depar- ture and began taking on water. They tried to reach safeharboratSoutheastFar- allon Island, but didn't quite make it. Dennis McGinn, an assistant Navy secretary who has sailed in those wa- ters, said "it can get really, really rough" on that stretch of ocean. He said the sea is a fitting resting place for sail- ors who died as heroes. "Think about the excite- ment these young men had ... 'Join the Navy and see the world.' They were headed to a tropical paradise with a great stop in Hawaii," Mc- Ginn said. "They were on a mission and they were ready to go." Navy tugboat lost for a century found off state coast Chief petty officers of the USS Conestoga (AT54) are seen in San Diego. Lt. Ernest L. Jones, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Conestoga (AT-54) stands alongside his ship, at San Diego, circa early 1921. Togetyours, call (530) 737-5047 to subscribe today. Single copy price $4.95 Delivered to home delivery subscribers only. | NEWS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016 8 A