page_title: USS Helenita (SP-210)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Helenita (SP-210)
caption_attribution_description: English: Helenita (U.S. Steam Yacht, 1902). This yacht served as USS Helenita (SP-210) in 1917-19.
context_page_description: USS Helenita (SP-210) was a yacht leased from its owner by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted as an armed patrol craft and initially assigned to North Atlantic Ocean duty, but found to be too lightly built for the ocean. She was then relegated to patrol of Long Island Sound and the Delaware Bay until war's end, when her guns were removed and she was returned to her owner.
context_section_description: USS Helenita (SP-210) was a yacht leased from its owner by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted as an armed patrol craft and initially assigned to North Atlantic Ocean duty, but found to be too lightly built for the ocean. She was then relegated to patrol of Long Island Sound and the Delaware Bay until war's end, when her guns were removed and she was returned to her owner.
caption: Helenita (U.S. Steam Yacht, 1902) photographed prior to World War I.
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