USS Helena (CL-50)
Light Cruiser
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Unit Details

Strength
Light Cruiser 		 
Type
Surface Vessel 		 
Year
1938 - 1943 		 

Description
USS Helena CL-50-700px.jpg
USS Helena in the South Pacific, 1943
(note: radar antennas have been brushed out by censors)
Career (United States)
Name: USS Helena
Namesake: Helena, Montana
Builder: New York Navy Yard
Laid down: 9 December 1936
Launched: 27 August 1939
Commissioned: 18 September 1939
Fate: Sunk, Battle of Kula Gulf, 6 July 1943
General characteristics
Class and type: St. Louis-class light cruiser
Displacement: 10,000 long tons (10,000 t)
Length: 608.3 ft (185.4 m)
Beam: 61.7 ft (18.8 m)
Draft: 19.8 ft (6.0 m)
Propulsion: Steam turbines
Speed: 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Complement: 888 officers and enlisted men
Sensors and
processing systems:		 Radar
Armament: 15 × 6 in (150 mm)/47 cal guns (5x3)
8 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal dual purpose guns (4x2)
8 × .50 in (12.70 mm) anti-aircraft machine guns


Notable Persons
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Inactive Reporting Unit
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  • Brandt, Walter, S1c, (1941-1945)
 
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  Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal - 1945
 



Name of Award
Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal

Devices
none
Year Awarded
1945

Details behind Award:
Not Specified
Last Updated:
Jul 5, 2012
 
 
 
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