USS Covington (ID-1409)
USS Covington (ID-1409) at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts |
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| Career (U.S. Navy) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Covington (ID-1408) |
| Namesake: | Covington, Kentucky |
| Builder: | F. Schichau Danzig, Germany |
| Launched: | 1908 |
| Acquired: | 26 July 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 28 July 1917 |
| Fate: | torpedoed by U-86 and scuttled in the next day |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,733 tons |
| Length: | 608 ft (185 m) |
| Beam: | 65 ft 4 in (19.91 m) |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 776 |
| Armament: | 4 × 6-inch (150 mm) guns |
USS Covington (ID-1409) was a transport for the United States Navy during World War I. Prior to the war the ship, built in 1908 in Germany, was SS Cincinnati of the Hamburg America Line. The transport was torpedoed by U-86 on 1 July 1918 and was scuttled the next day with six men killed.
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