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USS Covington (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Wooden Side-wheel Steamer (Tinclad #25):

Built at Cincinnati, OH., in 1862

Purchased, 13 February 1863, from Samuel Wiggins at Cincinnati, OH.

Fitted out for naval service at Cairo, IL.

Commissioned USS Covington in February 1863, Acting Volunteer LT, J. S. Kurd in command

During the Civil War USS Covington was assigned to the Mississippi Squadron

Conducted convoy services for Army transports and other ships in the Tennessee River

Reassigned to the Mississippi River for convoy duty on that river and the White, Black, and Red Rivers

27 April 1864 while on convoy duty on the Red River attacked by Confederate forces, damaged

Final Disposition, abandoned and burned by her crew at Dunn's Bayou, 5 May 1864

Specifications:
Displacement 224 t.
Length 126'
Beam 37'
Depth 6' 6"
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement 76
Armament

four 24-pdr smoothbores

two 30-pdr rifles

two 50-pdr rifles

Propulsion

steam

two side-wheels

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	69k	USS Covington moored to the riverbank at a Mississippi River area city, during the Civil War. US Navy History and Heritage Command photo # NH 55502.		Aryeh Wetherhorn
098614002	80k	USS Covington on one of the western rivers, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Library.		John Spivey

USS Covington (I)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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