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USCGC EM Euphane (WYP 360)
ex-USS Helen Euphane (SP 403)

Helen Euphane served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard

Menhaden Fishing Vessel:

  • Built in 1902 by E. James Tull, Pocomoke City, MD
  • Acquired by the Navy 23 May 1917
  • Delivered 5 June 1917
  • Commissioned USS Helen Euphane (SP 403), 1 June 1917
  • Sold to her original owner 15 May 1919
  • Acquired by the Coast Guard and commissioned USCGC EM Euphane (WYP 360), 23 March 1943 (The EM in front of the name stood for Emergency Manning)
  • Decommissioned 22 November 1943
  • Returned to her owner 29 December 1944
  • Acquired in April 1968 by Alexander W. K. "Bill" McDowell and his wife Ann of Rehoboth Beach, DE
  • Acquired by John and Sharon Copeland for $1.00
  • Sank in 1993
  • Raised, dismantled and removed to the Berlin landfill at Berlin, MD.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 178 t.
    1943 - 293 t.
  • Length 112'
    1943 - 124'
  • Beam 20' 4"
  • Draft 7' 3"
    1943 - 9' 3"
  • Speed 8.6 kts.
  • Armament: One 1-pounder
  • Propulsion: One single ended boiler, one 270ihp verticle steeple compound steam engine, one shaft
    1943 - One 380bhp diesel engine.
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    Helen Euphane 235k Guy McFadden
    Helen Euphane 115k Newspaper photos
    Helen Euphane 89k
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG Roland G. Foster, USNRF5 June 1917
    02Boatswain James O. Story, USNRF1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
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