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 61488
USS Covington (ID # 1409)
Sinking off Brest, France. She had been torpedoed by German submarine
U-86 on 1 July 1918 and sank the next day.
The ship's flag is still flying from her stern, just above the
water.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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