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NH 102632 Helvetia

Photo #: NH 102632 Helvetia
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Title: Helvetia
Description: (U.S. Schooner, 1905) Probably photographed in July 1918, when she was inspected and acquired for the U.S. Navy as USS Helvetia (SP-3096). Intended to serve as a decoy to lure German U-boats within torpedo range of U.S. submarines operating nearby, Helvetia was operationally deployed off the U.S. Atlantic Coast but did not encounter the enemy. Copied from an SP data card held by the Naval History and Heritage Command's Ships' Histories Branch, 1991. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 102632
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