DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
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Photo #: NH 55506
USS Covington (ID # 1409)
Sinking off Brest, France, on 2 July 1918. She had been torpedoed
the previous day by German submarine U-86.
A tug is visible ahead of Covington, which may have been
under tow at the time of this photograph.
Note lifeboat some distance away from the ship's port side.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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