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NH 78920 USS Helvetia (SP-3096)

Photo #: NH 78920 USS Helvetia (SP-3096)
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Title: USS Helvetia (SP-3096)
Description: Under sail, as seen from the submarine USS E-2 (SS-25), during an anti-submarine patrol in 1918. Helvetia, a former civilian schooner, was intended to serve as decoy ship to entice German submarines to surface and attack her with gunfire, hereupon the U.S. Navy submarine, following submerged, would torpedo the enemy U-Boat. Courtesy of the Submarine Force Library and Museum, Groton, Connecticut, 1972. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 78920
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