USS Helena

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 gun armament carried by the Mogamis. Helena and her sister St. Louis were built to a slightly modified design with a unit system of machinery and an improved anti-aircraft battery. Completed in 1939, Helena spent the first two years of her career in peacetime training that accelerated as tensions between the United States and Japan increased through 1941. She was torpedoed at the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and was repaired and modernized in early 1942.

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CL-50; CL-50
length 185.4 metre, speed 32.5 knot, draft 6.9 metre, beam 18.8 metre, 
Brooklyn-class light cruiser, light cruiser, United States Navy, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 

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  Jintsū ⓘ
  1923 Sendai-class cruiser

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  Minegumo ⓘ
  1937 Asashio-class destroyer

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  Nagatsuki ⓘ
  1926 Mutsuki-class destroyer

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  Niizuki ⓘ
  1942 Akizuki-class destroyer

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  USS Helena ⓘ
  1938 Brooklyn-class light cruiser

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1938-08-28T00:00:00Z

1938-08-28T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1939-12-14T00:00:00Z

1939-12-14T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1936-12-09T00:00:00Z

1936-12-09T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1943-07-06T00:00:00Z

1943-07-06T00:00:00Z

1943 Battle of Kula Gulf

1943-07-12T00:00:00Z

1943-07-13T00:00:00Z

1943 Battle of Kolombangara

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Helena (CL-50) - Muster Rolls, December 1942 - DPLA - 2810b7822e886a4542217010257174d8 (page 13)

USS Helena (CL-50) at a South Pacific base, circa in 1943 (NH 95814)

Helena (CL-50) - Muster Rolls, December 1942 - DPLA - 2810b7822e886a4542217010257174d8 (page 31)

USS St. Louis (CL-49), USS Helena (CL-50) and USS Honolulu (CL-48) maneuvering off Espiritu Santo on 20 June 1943 (80-G-57074)

Helena (CL-50) - Muster Rolls, December 1942 - DPLA - 2810b7822e886a4542217010257174d8 (page 14)

USS Helena, St. Louis, and Honolulu underway 80-G-57074

Helena (CL-50) - Muster Rolls, December 1942 - DPLA - 2810b7822e886a4542217010257174d8 (page 32)

Helena (CL-50) - Muster Rolls, December 1942 - DPLA - 2810b7822e886a4542217010257174d8 (page 15)

USS Helena NH 95812

Helena (CL-50) - Muster Rolls, December 1942 - DPLA - 2810b7822e886a4542217010257174d8 (page 1)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1943	Battle of Kula Gulf	United States, Empire of Japan, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	Battle of Kolombangara	United States, New Zealand, Empire of Japan, naval battle	Wikidata
link	page		Drachinifel page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		Jintsū	Sendai-class cruiser, light cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Minegumo	Asashio-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Nagatsuki	Mutsuki-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Niizuki	destroyer, Akizuki-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Helena	light cruiser, Brooklyn-class light cruiser	Wikidata
commons	image		Helena (CL-50) - Muster Rolls, December 1942 - DPLA - 2810b7822e886a4542217010257174d8 (page 13)		Commons
commons	image		USS Helena (CL-50) at a South Pacific base, circa in 1943 (NH 95814)		Commons
commons	image		Helena (CL-50) - Muster Rolls, December 1942 - DPLA - 2810b7822e886a4542217010257174d8 (page 31)		Commons
commons	image		USS St. Louis (CL-49), USS Helena (CL-50) and USS Honolulu (CL-48) maneuvering off Espiritu Santo on 20 June 1943 (80-G-57074)		Commons
commons	image		Helena (CL-50) - Muster Rolls, December 1942 - DPLA - 2810b7822e886a4542217010257174d8 (page 14)		Commons
commons	image		USS Helena, St. Louis, and Honolulu underway 80-G-57074		Commons
commons	image		Helena (CL-50) - Muster Rolls, December 1942 - DPLA - 2810b7822e886a4542217010257174d8 (page 32)		Commons
commons	image		Helena (CL-50) - Muster Rolls, December 1942 - DPLA - 2810b7822e886a4542217010257174d8 (page 15)		Commons
commons	image		USS Helena NH 95812		Commons
commons	image		Helena (CL-50) - Muster Rolls, December 1942 - DPLA - 2810b7822e886a4542217010257174d8 (page 1)		Commons