USS Helena

 

  1. USS Helena
    1. Sources at Lewis & Clark Library
    2. Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center
    3. State Historic Preservation Office
    4. On-line resources

 

There have been four USS Helenas. Anchor Park adjacent to the Lewis and Clark Library commemorates these ships named for Montana's capital. The first was a light gunboat launched in 1896 and served during the Spanish American War; the second was torpedoed in 1941 at Pearl Harbor and returned to participate in 13 major naval engagements; the third was the 7th Fleet’s flagship and hosted President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. The propeller, anchor, chain, and bell at Anchor Park are from this ship. The fourth USS Helena is a nuclear powered submarine still on active duty. 

 

 

 

Sources at Lewis & Clark Library

 

  1. Liffring, Bob. Tour Train Companion. Helena, Montana: Manx Publishing Co. 107-109. [Shelfmark M 978.66 L]
  2. Vertical File "Helena-Ships".
  3. Peterson, Donald H. USS Helena CA-75 Far East Cruise, 1957. San Diego, Calif: Jack Davidson Co., 1957.[Shelfmark M 359.3253 U.]
  4. Grose, G H., and A. B. Blair Jr. U.S.S. ,editors.Helena Presents Her Story for 1954 in Words and Pictures. Tokyo: Daito Art Printing Co, 1954. [Shelfmark M 359.3253 U]

 

Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center

 

  1. Helena Independent. The Helena's First Dip. Jan. 31, 1896.
  2. USS Helena (Vertical File)
  3. U.S.S. Helena, CA-75 :1953 review. Kobe, Japan. 1953 [Shelfmark 359.3253 UN35SSH]
  4. The Helena Crew's Book : U.S.S. Helena (CA-75), 1952. Kobe, Japan, 1952. [Shelfmark PAM 4475]
  5. Anderson, Paul O. "One Damned Fight After Another": the Combat Record of the USS Helena from Dec. 7, 1941 to July 6, 1943. 1944 [Shelfmark 623.825 A23]

 

State Historic Preservation Office

 

  1. Source 1
  2. Source 2
  3. Source 3

 

On-line resources

 

  1. USS Helena webpage
  2. USS Helena (CL-50) 
  3. USS Helena (CA-75)


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