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Helvetia (SP 3096)


Schooner: Built by I. L. Snow & Co., Rockland, ME; Acquired by the Navy in July 1918; Commissioned USS Helvetia (SP 3096), 19 July 1918 at Norfolk, VA; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Sold to her former owner, R. K. Snow in February 1919; Struck from the Navy Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 499 t.; Length 157' 4"; Beam 36' 2"; Draft 12'; Speed unknown; Complement unknown; Armament unknown; Propulsion unknown.


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Helvetia 70k Probably photographed prior to World War I.
U.S.Navy photo NH 101784
Naval Historical Center
Helvetia 129k Probably photographed in July 1918, when she was inspected and acquired for the U.S. Navy.
U.S.Navy photo NH 102631
Naval Historical Center
Helvetia 124k Under sail, as seen from the submarine USS E-2 (SS-25), during an anti-submarine patrol in 1918.
Courtesy of the Submarine Force Library and Museum, Groton, Connecticut, 1972.
U.S. Navy photo NH 78920
Naval Historical Center

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