USS Helen Baughman (SP-1292)

History
United States
Name: USS Helen Baughman
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Bowns, Nanticoke, Maryland
Completed: 1894
Acquired: August 1917
Commissioned: 1917
Fate: Returned to owner 27 November 1918
Notes: Operated as civilian schooner Helen Baughman 1894-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Displacement: 50 tons
Length: 66 ft 8 in (20.32 m)
Beam: 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Draft: 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)

USS Helen Baughman (SP-1292) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Helen Baughman was built as a civilian schooner of the same name in 1894 by Bowns at Nanticoke, Maryland. In August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, the Maryland State Conservation Commission, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Helen Baughman (SP-1292).

Assigned to the 5th Naval District and based at Deale, Maryland, Helen Baughman served on patrol duties on the Chesapeake Bay for the rest of World War I, cruising Herring Bay, Tangier Sound, and surrounding areas.

The Navy returned Helen Baughman to the Conservation Commission on 27 November 1918.

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