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USS HELENA (CA-75)


       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Uniform - Delta - Romeo


Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski
CLASS - BALTIMORE
Displacement 13,600 Tons, Dimensions, 673' 5" (oa) x 70' 10" x 26' 10" (Max)
Armament 9 x 8"/55, 12 x 5"/38AA, 48 x 40mm, 24 x 20mm, 4 Aircraft
Armor, 6" Belt, 8" Turrets, 2 1/2" Deck, 6 1/2" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 120,000 SHP; G. E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 2000.
Operational and Building Data
Launched 28 APR 1945
Commissioned 04 SEP 1945
Decommissioned 29 JUN 1963
Stricken 1 JAN 1974
Fate: Sold for scrap 03 NOV 1974
Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

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Helena 122k Undated photograph of Port bow. . USN
Helena 77k

USS Helena (CA-75) Underway in Boston Harbor on 3 September 1945, the day before she was placed in commission. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, James C. Fahey Collection.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 95817.

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Helena 109k

USS Helena (CA-75) Underway in Quincy Bay, Massachusetts, on 3 September 1945, the day before she was placed in commission. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, James C. Fahey Collection.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 95818.

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Helena 145k

USS Helena (CA-75) In Quincy Bay, Massachusetts, on 3 September 1945, the day before she was placed in commission. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, James C. Fahey Collection.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. #NH 95819.

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Helena 70k

USS Helena (CA-75) Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 22 October 1945. Her name has been painted on her side in preparation for the Navy Day Fleet Review at New York City on 27 October. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, James C. Fahey Collection.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 95820.

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Helena 77k

USS Helena (CA-75) Probably photographed in the Hudson River, off New York City, during the Navy Day Naval Review, circa 27 October 1945. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 67682.

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Helena 138k

USS Helena fires a broadside from her 8"/55 main battery at Chongjin, North Korea, on 12-13 OCT 1950. At the time this was Helena's Northernmost Korean War combat mission.

Naval Historical Center Photo #NH 95822.

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Helena 142k Port side view while on the "Bomb Line" off the coast of Korea, in the Sea of Japan , late 1952. Photo taken from the USS O'Brian (DD-725), USS Helena's ASW Screen. Roy C. Thomas
Helena 111k Starboard side view while on the "Bomb Line" off the coast of Korea, in the Sea of Japan , late 1952. Photo taken from the USS O'Brian (DD-725), USS Helena's ASW Screen. Roy C. Thomas
Helena 183k Starboard quarter view while on the "Bomb Line" off the coast of Korea, in the Sea of Japan , late 1952. Photo taken from the USS O'Brian (DD-725), USS Helena's ASW Screen. Roy C. Thomas
Helena 151k Starboard side view while on the "Bomb Line" off the coast of Korea, in the Sea of Japan , late 1952. Photo taken from the USS O'Brian (DD-725), USS Helena's ASW Screen. Roy C. Thomas
Helena 139k Port side view while on the "Bomb Line" off the coast of Korea, in the Sea of Japan , late 1952. Photo taken from the USS O'Brian (DD-725), USS Helena's ASW Screen. Roy C. Thomas
Helena 45k

USS Helena (CA-75) In Apra Harbor, Guam, December 1952, while en route to the U.S. following her third Korean War combat tour. During this voyage, she carried President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower and his party from Guam to Pearl Harbor. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, James C. Fahey Collection.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 95821.

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Helena
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139k Port bow view, 1953, location unknown. Note the port stern AA guntub has been removed. David Buell
Helena 123k

USS Helena (CA-75) With a Regulus I guided missile on her fantail being readied for firing during tests off Monterey, California, in early 1957. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, James C. Fahey Collection.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 95824.

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Helena 50k

USS Helena (CA-75) Underway in January 1957, with a Regulus I guided missile on her fantail launching platform. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, "Our Navy" Collection.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 95823.

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Helena
0407518
1950k

USS Helena (CA-75) underway in San Francisco Bay, 1958.

Photo by Allied Photographers of San Francisco.

Robert M. Cieri
Helena
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349k USS Helena (CA-75) Underway in late 1960, with a Regulus I guided missile on her fantail launching platform. David Buell
Helena 121k

USS Helena (CA-75) At Hong Kong in 1961-62.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 96899.

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Helena 114k

USS Helena (CA-75) At sea in 1961-62, following modernization with a new foremast supporting the very large antenna for SPS-43 radar.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 96900.

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USS HELENA (CA-75) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
CL-50 - CA-75 - SSN-725

Contact Name: Mr. Gene Alexander
Address: 7732 Firehorn Ln Las Vegas, NV, 89123-2001
Phone: 702-361-3742
E-mail: None


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
USS Helena Reunion Association

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