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Undated photograph of Port bow. . |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Port bow view, 1953, location unknown. Note the port stern
AA guntub has been removed. |
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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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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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USS Helena (CA-75) underway in San Francisco Bay, 1958.
Photo by Allied Photographers of San Francisco.
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Port side aerial view while underway sometime between 1960
- 1962, location unknown. From the follection of Darrell Robertson |
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USS Helena (CA-75) Underway in late 1960, with a
Regulus I guided missile on her fantail launching platform. |
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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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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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Commanding
Officers
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| Name/Rank |
Final Rank |
Dates |
| McCollum, Arthur Howard., CAPT |
RADM |
09/04/45 - 10/05/46 |
| Blue, Robert Eugene, CAPT |
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10/05/46 - 07/15/47 |
| Wendt, Waldemar Frederick August, CDR |
ADM |
07/15/47 - 08/07/47 |
| Burford, William Page., CAPT |
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08/07/47 - 08/03/48 |
| Towner Sr., George Crosby, CAPT |
VADM |
08/03/48 - 09/24/49 |
| Collins, Howard Lyman, CAPT |
RADM |
09/24/49 - 07/12/50 |
| Larson, Harold Oscar. (Swede), CAPT |
VADM |
07/12/50 - 08/02/51 |
| Martin, Lawrence H., CAPT |
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08/02/51 - 01/19/52 |
| Dyer, Walter Leo., CAPT |
RADM |
01/19/52 - 02/06/53 |
| Cohn, James Edward, CAPT |
RADM |
02/06/53 - 06/11/54 |
| Adamson, Frank Marshall, CAPT |
RADM |
06/11/54 - 07/22/55 |
| Smith, Harry, CAPT |
RADM |
07/22/55 - 10/06/56 |
| Spring, Arthur Finn, CAPT |
RADM |
10/06/56 - 12/07/57 |
| Lay, James Thomas., CAPT |
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12/07/57 - 03/05/59 |
| Johnson, Nels Clarence, CAPT |
VADM |
03/05/59 - 04/60 |
| Kauffman, Draper Laurence, CAPT |
RADM |
04/60 - 02/04/61 |
| Abhau, William Conrad, CAPT |
RADM |
02/04/61 - 12/31/62 |
| Bagby Jr., Oliver Walton, CAPT |
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12/31/62 - 06/29/63 |
Patch image
contributed by Mike Smolinski 
