U.S.S. Helena (1896)

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U.S.S. Helena (1896)
Hull Number: PG-9
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[1]
Ordered: Act of 2 March, 1893[2]
Laid down: 11 Oct, 1894[3]
Launched: 30 Jan, 1896[4]
Commissioned: 8 Jul, 1897[5]
Decommissioned: 27 May, 1932[6]
Stricken: 27 May, 1932[7]
Sold: 7 Jul, 1932[8]
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Helena was one of two Wilmington Class gunboats completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

In 1900, she was serving on the Asiatic Station.[9]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 165.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  5. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  6. Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 167.
  7. Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 167.
  8. Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 167.
  9. Register of Officers, 1900. p. 151.
  10. Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
  11. Register of Officers, 1900. p. 14.
  12. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
  13. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 14.
  14. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 14.
  15. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
  16. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
  17. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
  18. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
  19. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
  20. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
  21. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
  22. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
  23. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
  24. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
  25. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 14.
  26. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
  27. Register of Officers, 1923. p.19.
  28. Register of Officers, 1924. p.23.
  29. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 14-15.
  30. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 14-15.

Bibliography


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