U.S.S. Helena
CL-50
1943
(Neptun 1342a)
- Class: St. Louis - 2 light cruisers of 1935
- Displacement: 9,700 tons
- Dimensions: 600(wl) 608.5(oa) x 61.75 x 19.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 100,000 = 34 knots
- Armament: 15-6"/47 (5x3), 8-5"/38 (4x2), 16-40 mm (4x4) A.A. guns
- Complement: 1,300
- Builder: New York Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 9 Dec 1936
- Launched: 27 Aug 1938
- Commissioned: 18 Sep 1939
- Actions: Pearl Harbor (torpedoed), Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Kula Gulf. Lost 6 Jul 1943.
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