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Photo # NH 101783: Steam yacht Helenita prior to World War I


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Steam Yacht Helenita (1902);
Later USS Helenita (SP-210), 1917-1919

Helenita, a 304-ton steam yacht, was built in 1902 at Morris Heights, New York. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1917 and commissioned as USS Helenita in October. She served on patrol and dispatch duties at Bermuda in late 1917 and early 1918, but was not sturdy enough for oceanic work, and spent the rest of her Navy career as a district craft in the Long Island Sound and Delaware Bay areas. USS Helenita was decommissioned and returned to her owner in June 1919.

This page features our only view of the steam yacht Helenita, later USS Helenita (SP-210).

For more photographs related to USS Helenita's November 1917 trip from Newport, Rhode Island, to Bermuda, see:

  • USS Margaret (SP-527) -- Voyage from the U.S. to the Azores, November 1917.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 101783

    Helenita     (U.S. Steam Yacht, 1902)

    Photographed prior to World War I.
    This yacht served as USS Helenita (SP-210) in 1917-19.

    The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     

    For more photographs related to USS Helenita's November 1917 trip from Newport, Rhode Island, to Bermuda, see:

  • USS Margaret (SP-527) -- Voyage from the U.S. to the Azores, November 1917.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 24 February 2001
    Links added 31 October 2004