Helen Miller Gould (schooner)

History
United StatesUnited States
NameHelen Miller Gould
BuilderCaptain G. Melvin McClain & John Bishop, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Cost$22,000
LaunchedMarch 29, 1900
FateDestroyed by fire October 25, 1901
General characteristics
Tonnage149
HeightMain Mast 80 ft (24 m)
PropulsionSails until 1900 when equipped with an engine
Speed8 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.