USS Helvetia (SP-3096)

USS Helvetia (SP-3096) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919. Helvetia was built as a civilian three-masted schooner of the same name in 1905 by I. L. Snow & Company at Rockland, Maine. The U.S. Navy inspected her in July 1918 for possible naval service and purchased her on 19 July 1918 from R. K. Snow for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day at Norfolk, Virginia, as USS Helvetia (SP-3096). The Navy sold Helvetia back to R. K. Snow in February 1919.

USS Helvetia (SP-3096)

USS Helvetia (SP-3096) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919. Helvetia was built as a civilian three-masted schooner of the same name in 1905 by I. L. Snow & Company at Rockland, Maine. The U.S. Navy inspected her in July 1918 for possible naval service and purchased her on 19 July 1918 from R. K. Snow for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day at Norfolk, Virginia, as USS Helvetia (SP-3096). The Navy sold Helvetia back to R. K. Snow in February 1919.