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Helena (PG 9)
ex-Gunboat No. 9

Wilmington Class Gunboat: Laid down in 1896 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA; Launched 30 January 1896; Commissioned USS Helena (Gunboat No. 9), 8 July 1897 at the New York Navy Yard; Decommissioned 19 April 1905 at Cavite, Philippine Islands; Recommissioned 16 July 1906; Designated PG-9, 7 July 1920; Placed in reduced commission 29 June 1929; Decommissioned 27 May 1932 and struck from the Navy list; Sold for scrap 7 July 1934.

Specifications: Displacement 1,390 t; Length 250' 9"; Beam 40' 11"; Draft 9'; Speed 13 kts; Complement 175; Armament four 4" gun mounts, four 11-pounders, one 3" rifle.

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for full size image		 Size Image Description Source
Helena 76k Photographed in Far Eastern waters sometime after 1899, while dressed with flags for a holiday.
U.S. Navy photo NH 53500		 Naval Historical Center
Helena 109k c. 1903
At winter quarters in a mud dock at Newchwang, China
Courtesy U.S. Warships of World War I		 Mike Green
Helena 107k Painted by the Chinese artist Qikit, 1905.
Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC.
Donation of Mrs. A.W. Lott. Navy Art Accession: 76-301-A.
U.S. Navy photo NH 85566-KN		 Naval Historical Center
Helena 50k Photo by Rau from the 1914 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships Robert Hurst
Helena 107k c. 1925
Canton, China
U.S. Navy photo		 Robert M. Cieri
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DANFS history entry located on the Naval Historical Center web site
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