The sinking of the United States army transport Covington

Four photographs depict progrssive sinking of the U.S. Navy transport ship, USS Covington, after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-86.

Publication date: 1919-03-09

Size: 40.5 x 25.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Submarine warfare--German--1910-1920
• World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations--American
• Covington (Ship)

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (March 9, 1919), Rotogravure Section, p. 14

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg