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Photo #: NH 55504

USS Covington
(ID # 1409)

Sinking off Brest, France, on 2 July 1918. She had been torpedoed the previous day by German submarine U-86.
Note towing lines rigged from her bow.

Courtesy of Captain William Baggaly, USN.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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5 November 2003