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Revision as of 06:09, 7 December 2014

U.S.S. Helena (1896)
Hull Number: PG-9
Builder: Newport News[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

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, 1898. p. 8.
  10. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 14.

Bibliography


Wilmington Class Gunboat
  Wilmington Helena  
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