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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Helori (SP-181, later YP-181), 1917-1925.
Previously the civilian motor boat Helori (1911)
Helori, a 92' 4" motor boat, was built in 1911
by Johnson Brothers and Blanchard at Seattle, Washington, as a
civilian pleasure craft. She was acquired by the Navy in April
1917 and placed in commission a month later as USS Helori
(SP-181). For the remainder of World War I, and for some years
after the November 1918 Armistice, she was employed for training
the crews of submarine chasers and on patrol duties. Redesignated
YP-181 in 1920, she was decommissioned at the Puget Sound Navy
Yard, Bremerton, Washington, in March 1922. Helori was
sold in September 1925.
This page features all the views we have concerning USS
Helori (SP-181, later YP-181) and the civilian motor boat
Helori.
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a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 99999
Helori (American Motor Boat, 1911)
Photographed in a Pacific Northwest harbor, prior to World War
I.
Built by the Johnson Brothers & Blanchard, of Seattle, Washington,
in 1911, this pleasure craft was owned in 1917 by H.G. Kenney
of Seattle. She was acquired by the Navy on 23 April 1917 and
placed in commission on 21 June 1917 as USS Helori (SP-181).
Redesignated YP-181 in 1920, she was sold on 17 September 1925
to the Crowley Launch and Tugboat Company of San Francisco, California.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 465 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 635
USS Helori (YP-181, formerly SP-181)
At the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 17 March
1921.
Helori was the only Section Patrol boat on the Pacific
Coast fitted with the 220 horsepower Standard gasoline engine
adopted for use in World War I submarine chasers (SC). She was
used by the 13th Naval District for training subchaser engine
room forces.
Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (Medical Corps).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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