Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
COVELL IS NAMED
AS SHIPS CAPTAIN
Commander viii Be Skipper
Of Tahoe. Soon to Be
Commissioned.

A former Washinct0nian-- Comdr.
leon Claude CoHeil~wlil he The skipper
ot one Of the Coast Guards new $500. 900
first class cruising cutters that will
shortly be placed in commission.
Comdr C0yeu, who is a brother of Mai.
William + II. C0vell. untll recently As
siStant Engineer Commissioner of the
District OF Columbia. will command the
Tahoe. the speed trials for which will
be held probably six weeks hence.
The Tahoe is one Of group Of five
vessels. known III Coast Guard circles as
the lake class" because named after
che of the American lakes She viii
DC stationed Oh The Pacific Coast. but
her hone port has mot vet been de-
termincd BIZ Coast Guard headquarters
here,
Had Stirring Career.
Comdr Covell has had a stirring
career IL the Coast Guard. serving in
numerous coastal waters Of the Nation.
with wide variety Of experience He
Vas born In New York, December :, 1917.
few years before his Army brother,
who Is q native Of the District The
commander entered the Coast Guard
Academy at New London. Conn. and
graduated III June. 1900 He served on
The old training ship Chase, and in
Alaskan waters aboard The old vessel
Scar that has heconc A tradition in
the Coast Guard He made several
Alaskan cruises. served on the old
Grant and Ferry on the Great Lakes
sn6 On the East Coast. weatt1ering many
2 storm IN the round Of duty DURING
the World War he served on the t. s
s Minneapolis.
He was In charge of warrant person
ncl at Coast Guard headquarters here
IN 1923, and later was assigned 10 COM
rand tte Bear On this historic vessel
he eruised the Alaskan waters and was
its skipper when the venerable cutter
made It's last cruise. a short time ago
The commander was then placed IN
charge Of the base at San Pedro, Calf
and in April he was dispatched 10 the
Bethlehem Shipbuldlng Corporation %
inspect the construction at Quincy
Mass Of the Tahoe In washington.
Comdr. Cavell lived at III Thirteenth
Street northeast
THE Tahoe is ESQ feet long, with a
beam Of ~ feet and draft Of Is feet
mean, She has q displacement Of 2.0f5
tons and 5000 shaft horsepower. The
Tahoe will be electrically driven with
turho-eiectrtc system. II is anticipated
that her trial speed will be in the vicir-
t,y of is knots and she viii have a
steaminE radius of some 5000 miles
She Will carry crew of 90 men. as will
her sister ships IN the same class.
Plan Airplane Saivaging.
The ships are 50 constructed that |
they will permit. at later date. equip |
n1ent for the salvage of airpIanes az |
sea to be installed Sufficient deck |
space is provided for this work, the /
Coast Guard having an eye to the future |
II It's construction program.
The Taloe1s sister ships are. The /
PontchartraiI1. which will De stationed /
in the Gulf Of Mexico: the C1elan. /
which viii GO Ike the Tahoe To the /
West Coast, the Champlain and the |
MENDOZA. which are now on the ways"
a. Quincy, Mas, the keels having re-
Gently been aid. The trials Of the /
Pontchartgain will probably be held this
week. The trials Of the Chelan have /
been held and Coast Guard officials said |
yesterday that she made II knots full !
speed
Condr. Harold d Hinckley. superin-
tenoent Of the Coast Guard ACADEMY |
al New Londoa, will be the skipper OF
the Pontchartrail. while Comdr r W |
Dempwolf will command the Chelar.
September q has been set as the tenta-
tive date for the commissioning Of the |
Fcnrnertraln