Helen Miller Gould (schooner)

History
United States
Name	Helen Miller Gould
Builder	Captain G. Melvin McClain & John Bishop, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Cost	$22,000
Launched	March 29, 1900
Fate	Destroyed by fire October 25, 1901
General characteristics
Tonnage	149
Height	Main Mast 80 ft (24 m)
Propulsion	Sails until 1900 when equipped with an engine
Speed	8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Notes	Main Boom 70 ft (21 m),; Main Gaff 42 ft (13 m),; Bowsprit 28 feet (8.5 m) (outboard);

The Helen Miller Gould was a short-lived mackerel fishing schooner. As the first large schooner fitted with an auxiliary engine, she was representative of the shift from sail to engine power.

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