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Photo # NH 1620:  Lifeboat of survivors from USS Covington

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USS Covington (ID # 1409), 1917-1919 --
Torpedoed and Sunk, 1-2 July 1918 (Part II)


This page features additional views related to the torpedoing and sinking of USS Covington by the German submarine U-86.

For other pictures concerning this event, see:

  • USS Covington (ID # 1409) -- Torpedoed and Sunk, 1-2 July 1918.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 1620

    USS Covington
    (ID # 1409)

    Lifeboat of survivors from the ship, which was torpedoed on 1 July 1918 by German submarine U-86 and sank the next day.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41741

    USS Covington
    (ID # 1409)

    A boat load of Covington's survivors come alongside a rescue ship.
    Covington was torpedoed by the German submarine U-86 during the evening of 1 June 1918 and sank the following day.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55512

    USS Covington
    (ID # 1409)

    Sinking off Brest, France, on 2 July 1918, the day after she was torpedoed by German submarine U-86.

    Courtesy of the Reverend W.R. Siegart, 1927.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55511

    USS Covington
    (ID # 1409)

    Sinking off Brest, France, 2 July 1918, the day after she was torpedoed by German submarine U-86.

    Courtesy of the Reverend W.R. Siegart, 1927.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1224

    USS Covington
    (ID # 1409)

    Two tugs stand by floating wreckage, after Covington sank off Brest, France, on 2 July 1918. She had been torpedoed the previous day by German submarine U-86.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     

    For other pictures concerning this event, see:

  • USS Covington (ID # 1409) -- Torpedoed and Sunk, 1-2 July 1918.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 6 November 2003
    New image added 30 January 2006