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USC&GS Helianthus



Call sign (1933):
William - Tare - Easy - Hypo

USS Helianthus (SP 585)



Call sign (1917):
Nan - Unit - Boy - Dog



Call sign (1913):
Love - Cast - King - Tare


Helianthus served both the U. S. Navy and the Coast and Geodetic Survey

Motorboat:

  • Built in 1912 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, RI
  • Acquired by the Navy 11 June 1917
  • Commissioned 6 July 1917, Boatswain Thomas H. Rich, USNRF, commanding
  • Transferred 28 March 1919 to the Coast and Geodetic Survey
  • Sold in 1939
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 37 t.
    1913 - 35 t.
  • Length 64'
    1913 - 60.5'
  • Beam 13' 5"
    1913 - 12.7'
  • Draft 3' 4"
    1913 - 6.7'
    1933 - 4'
  • Speed 10 kts.
  • Complement 13
    1913 - Three
  • Armament: One 1-pounder and one machine gun
  • Propulsion: One 75hp 6-cylinder Van Blerck gasoline engine, one shaft.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Motor Yacht Helianthus
    Helianthus 74k 8 July 1914
    Off Newport, RI    		 The Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné website
    Photo added 18 November 2021
    USS Helianthus (SP 5858)
    Helianthus 79k NOAA History
    Helianthus 249k c. 1925
    Alaskan waters
    Photo ship0954 from NOAA's Fleet Then and Now - Sailing for Science Collection    		 Robert Hurst
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