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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Helena (CA-75), 1945-1974 --
Miscellaneous On Board Views and Ship's Insignia.

This page features miscellaneous images taken aboard USS Helena and views of the ship's insignia.

For other images of and relating to this ship, see:

  • USS Helena (CA-75) -- Historical Overview and Ship Portraits from the 1940s;
  • USS Helena (CA-75) -- Ship Portraits from the 1950s and 1960s; and
  • USS Helena (CA-75) -- Korean War Activities.

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-365730

    Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, USN
    ,
    Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Europe, and Commander 12th Fleet

    Is piped aboard USS Helena (CA-75) at Gibraltar, 31 March 1946. He is followed by Paul C. Fletcher, U.S. Consul at Gibraltar.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 600 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-400437

    Rear Admiral Francis X. McInerney, USN
    ,
    Commander Cruiser Division Three, (left)

    With members of the American Ordnance Association on board USS Helena (CA-75), during a First Fleet demonstration cruise off the U.S. Pacific coast, 27 April 1949.
    The civilians present are Mr. J.S. Raven, of the U.S. Spring & Bumper Company, and Mr. W.J. Boyle, of O'Keefe & Merrit Rangeco.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 69544-KN (Color)

    USS Helena (CA-75)

    Jacket patch of the ship's insignia, as used in 1960.
    Note that the motto "Proud and Fearless" is misspelled in this example.

    Courtesy of Captain G.F. Swainson, USN, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 130KB; 640 x 675 pixels

     
    Photo #: USN 1081502

    USS Helena (CA-75)


    Artwork of the ship's insignia, photographed 29 July 1961.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 157KB; 650 x 675 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1081502.

     

    For other images of and relating to this ship, see:

  • USS Helena (CA-75) -- Historical Overview and Ship Portraits from the 1940s;
  • USS Helena (CA-75) -- Ship Portraits from the 1950s and 1960s; and
  • USS Helena (CA-75) -- Korean War Activities.

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    3 August 1999