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Ships hit during WWI

Covington

NameCovington
TypeTroopship
GRT16.339 tons (one of the largest ships hit)
Country  American
Built1908
BuilderF. Schichau, Danzig
OperatorUS Navy
HistoryBuilt in 1908 as the Passenger Liner Cincinnati. She was interned in the US in 1914 when the war broke out and seized at Boston by the US government when the US entered the war in 1917.

U-boat attacks on Troopship Covington


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
11 Jul, 1918U 86 (Helmut Patzig)Sunkabout 100 miles W of Ushant in convoy
47.31N, 07.09W
France - U.S.A.



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