USS Helena CL-50 Memories
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Miniature Life ring found on eBay. It measures 8" by 8" and is about 1 1/2" thick.
Reported to have been used as a table decoration for special occasions on the USS Helena CL-50.

Memories provided by Charles McClelland

WW II War Ration Books issued to Miss Agnes Brinkman in Detroit. Now wife of Charles McClelland USS Helena CL 50.
Some of the items rationed during WW II were Sugar, Butter, Coffee and Meats. Also Shoes, Gasoline, Fuel Oil and Tires. 









Ration Card front



Ration Card back




In addition to the menu on your right, this menu booklet contains
8 pages of names of the December 1940 U.S. Helena CL-50 crew.
(The booklet measures 7" wide by 5 3/8" high.)

Christmas Day Menu


25 December 1940





OYSTER COCKTAIL


                                                 HEARTS OF CELERY     SWEET MIXED PICKLES     GREEN OLIVES

                                                           PEA SOUP         SALTINE WAFERS

                                                                 ROAST YOUNG TURKEY

                                                 APPLE AND CELERY DRESSING  GIBLET GRAVY  CRANBERRY SAUCE

                                                                  BAKED SPICED HAM

                                                        MASHED POTATOES          CANDIED YAMS

                                                               BUTTERED ASPARAGUS TIPS

                                                     LETTUCE AND TOMATO SALAD         RUSSIAN DRESSING

                                                FRUIT CAKE     NEAPOLITAN ICE CREAM     ASSORTED FRESH FRUITS

                                                      HARD CANDIES      ASSORTED NUTS      LEMONADE

                                                                 CIGARS AND CIGARETTES

                                                                              H. J. BONNETTE

				                                       Chief Commissary Steward

	                                                           U.S. Navy




















Thanksgiving 


Menu 


November Twentieth 1941 


U.S.S. Helena 


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Thanksgiving Day 


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     Olives                   Hearts of Celery 

Cream of Tomato Soup 

Soda Crackers 

Roast Young Turkey 

     Giblet Gravy              Cranberry Sauce 

Oyster Dressing 

Baked Ham in Pineapple 

     Green Peas             Buttered Asparagus Tips 

Mashed Potatoes 

   Fresh Fruits              Meringue Pumpkin Pie 

Neapolitan Ice Cream 

Lemonade 

Bread Butter 

******* 

S.P. Dushane C.C. STD, U.S.N. 

T.E. Ledoux, C.C. STD, U.S.N. 



Captain R. H. English, U.S. Navy, Commanding 

Commander V. C. Barringer, Jr., U.S. Navy, Executive Officer 

Lieut. Commander F. M. Hook (SC) U.S. Navy, Supply Officer 

Chief Pay Clerk T. M. Welch, U.S. Navy, Commissary Officer
 

















The Headlines of the Detroit Times as it appeared in the Detroit, Michigan Newspaper. Friday July 9, 1943.
 I believe it was written by Lt. C. G. Morris, USNR, Radio Officer on the USS Helena.
 The story was published before any next of kin were notified.


















Thanks to Charles W. McClelland USS Helena CL-50
"F" division, S1c, 1941 - 1943


 














This post card, mailed from Honolulu, Hawaii post marked March 9, 1941, was sent to Mr. & Mrs. C. R. McClelland at 7200 Iowa, Detroit, Mich. from Jim & Bill McClelland. It read " Hello! Everything out here is O.K. We're getting along fine. Some post card. Jim & Bill". This is just after Bill joined Jim on the USS Helena and they made liberty together.

Thanks to Charles W. McClelland USS Helena CL-50
"F" division, S1c, 1941 - 1943













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