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:
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.
For more photographs related to USS Helenita's November
1917 trip from Newport, Rhode Island, to Bermuda, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 24 February 2001
Links added 31 October 2004