The Loss of USS Covington
THREE MCSORLEY MEN-THE LOSS OF USS NARCISSUS (January 1866) and the torpedoing of USS COVINGTON (July 1918) and USS MENGES (May 1944) BY: CAPTAIN LAWRENCE B. BRENNAN, U.S. NAVY (RETIRED) [i] “It was a pathetic sight. . . [reminiscent] of some huge animal, mortally wounded, yet struggling on.” Commander William F. Halsey, Jr. United States