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USS Helena was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s, the ninth and final member of the class.The Brooklyns were the first modern light cruisers built by the US Navy under the limitations of the London Naval Treaty, and they were intended to counter the Japanese Mogami class; as such, they carried a battery of fifteen 6-inch (150 mm) guns, the same ...
USS Helena (CL-50) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser, commissioned in 1939, that saw heavy action in the Solomon Islands during World War II, ultimately being sunk in the Battle of Kula Gulf in July 1943. USS Helena (CL-113) was a planned Fargo-class light cruiser canceled in 1944 while under construction.
Aboard USS Nicholas after being rescued, Commander Charles L. Carpenter, Helena ' s navigator (center right, with moustache), still drenched in fuel oil after being rescued with other crew members. USS Helena survivors greeted by Admiral Walden Ainsworth, with cap, about July 7, 1943. Commander Charles L. Carpenter, senior officer of the first ...
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English: The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Helena (CL-50) at a South Pacific base, between battles, circa in 1943. This image has been retouched to remove radar antennas from the gun directors and masts.
English: Battle of Kula Gulf, 5-6 July 1943: The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Helena (CL-50), in the center, firing during the Battle of Kula Gulf, just before she was torpedoed and sunk. The next ship astern is USS St. Louis (CL-49).
Moore couldn't confirm the purpose of USS Helena's arrival in Puget Sound, but the 1987-commissioned fast attack sub was on the list of the 19 ships that the Navy is planning to inactivate in ...
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