USS Helena (CA-75)
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| Name: | USS Helena |
| Namesake: | Helena, Montana |
| Launched: | 28 April 1945 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. John T. Haytin |
| Commissioned: | 4 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 June 1963 |
| Struck: | 1 January 1974 |
| Identification: | CA-75 |
| Fate: | Sold 13 November 1974 for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Baltimore-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 13,600 tons |
| Length: | 674 ft 11 in (206 m) |
| Beam: | 70 ft 10 in (22 m) |
| Draft: | 20 ft 6 in (6 m) |
| Speed: | 33 knots (38.0 mph; 61.1 km/h) |
| Complement: | 1,142 |
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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. She was named Helena while under construction after the cancellation of the light cruiser CL-113.
Helena was launched at the Bethlehem Steel Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, on 28 April 1945, sponsored by Mrs. John T. Haytin, wife of the mayor of Helena. She was commissioned on 4 September 1945 with Captain Arthur Howard McCollum in command.
Helena completed her outfitting in the Boston, Massachusetts, area and departed on 24 October 1945, arriving New York City the next day to take part in the tremendous celebration of the U.S. Navy's role in World War II victory that marked Navy Day, 27 October 1945. After two shakedown and training periods at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Helena returned to Boston in February 1946 to prepare for her first deployment, a round-the-world cruise. Helena departed Boston on 12 February 1946 for England, where Admiral H. Kent Hewitt boarded and broke his flag as Commander Naval Forces, Europe, and Commander, 12th Fleet. During the next three months, Helena conducted training exercises in Northern European waters and paid good-will visits to major ports in England and Scotland.
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