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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 ...
Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Helena, after the city of Helena, Montana, though only four were completed. USS Helena (PG-9) was a gunboat in service from 1897 to 1932. 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 ...
USS Helena (CA-75), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Helena, Montana. Originally laid down as the USS Des Moines , she was renamed Helena while under construction after the 5 October 1944 cancellation of the Fargo -class light cruiser USS Helena (CL-113).
An officer inspects enlisted sailors in Service Dress Blue (2008) A female U.S. Navy officer in Service Dress Blue uniform (2012) The Service Dress Blue (SDB) uniform consists of a dark navy blue suit coat and trousers (or optional skirt for women) that are nearly black in color, a white shirt, and a black four-in-hand necktie for men or a neck tab for women.
English: The United States cruisers USS Helena (CL-50) (right), Honolulu (center distance, behind Helena), and St. Louis (left), maneuvering off Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, during exercises on 20 June 1943, ten days before the invasion of New Georgia. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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 ...
Golden Thirteen – the thirteen African-American enlisted men who became the first African-American commissioned officers in the United States Navy. The Port Chicago 50 – group of 50 African-American Sailors who refused to return to work until changes were made at the U.S. Navy's Port Chicago near San Francisco.
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.