1 July 1918
War at Sea.
U-86 sinks the transport ship Covington (ID # 1409), previously the SS Cincinnati of the Hamburg-American Line. The destroyers USS Conner (DD-72) and USS Smith (DD-17) help rescue some of the 770 survivors. USS Reid (DD-21) attempts to attack the U-boat, but without success.
The Wickes class destroyer USS Dyer (DD-84) is commissioned. She operated from Gibraltar late in the First World War and then served as flagship of the US naval forces in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1919
U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, Norman Friedmann .
The standard history of the development of American destroyers, from the earliest torpedo boat destroyers to the post-war fleet, and covering the massive classes of destroyers built for both World Wars. Gives the reader a good understanding of the debates that surrounded each class of destroyer and led to their individual features.
How to cite this article: Rickard, J (3 January 2018), 1 July 1918, http://www.historyofwar.org/firstworldwar/daybyday/1918_07_01.html
