DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 55508
USS Covington (ID # 1409)
Sinking off Brest, France, on 2 July 1918. She had been torpedoed
on 1 July by German submarine U-86.
Note the National Ensign flying from her flagstaff, lifeboat
in the foreground, and tug at far right.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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