2 new images. The first image is a picture of one of the 75s 3" gun mounts at the ready in 1958. The second image is a short narrative that came with the picture.
Recorded 10 March 2010.

5 new images. The first image is large copy of C. T. Merrill's SHAKEDOWN CRUISE certificate.
(2 are pictures) of crew members from the USS Helena CL-50. 2 images are narrative for pictures. Recorded 10 Mach 2010.

We have 4 new entries, #268, 269, 270 and 271 in our Guest Book. Recorded 4 March 2010.

FOUND! Front page of the Detroit News dated Friday, July 9, 1943. Headline reads: 600 SAVED; U.S.S. HELENA SINKS WITH GUNS ABLAZE
Recorded 8 February 2010.

FOUND! The 5 page program for the USS Helena Memorial dedication in Helena, MT on September 10, 1977. Recorded 4 February 2010.

We have a new entry, #267, in our Guest Book. Recorded 4 February 2010.

Shipmate Charlie McClelland donated a picture of Bill Henderson, taken at the USS Helena 1997 reunion.
Note in our January 2010 newsletter, William Henderson is listed on the page 8 in the TAPS column. Recorded 28 January 2010.

We have a new entry, #266, in our Guest Book. Recorded 27 January 2010.

Our January 2010 USS Helena Newsletter is posted. Recorded 26 January 2010.

Two pictures furnished by Shipmate Charlie McClelland. USS Helena CL-50. Top two pictures. Recorded 26 January 2010.

The George West page has two new files. Load and scroll to the last two items.
One more old USS Helena CA-75 newspaper, "The Prospector" is open for viewing. Recorded 24 January 2010.

USMC Shipmate Cpl George West's daughter has sent us 4 pictures of her father who served with the Marine Detachment aboard Helena in 1945 - 1946.
She also sent us 3 copies of the USS Helena newspaper, "The Prospector" from 1945 and 1946. Recorded 23 January 2010.

USMC Shipmate Frank Rinchick has sent us two new pictures. Recorded 18 January 2010.

Web Page Updates! Organization Officers. And. Membership Appplication. Recorded 15 January 2010.

Shipmate Dave Brouchoud has added 12 pictures from his 8mm movie collection. Recorded 14 January 2010.

We have 7 more pictures from Shipmate Gene Marionneaux. All are of the Tiger Balm Gardens. Load the page and scroll down to see the pictures.
Recorded 14 January 2010.

Shipmate Gene Marioneaux, IC2, E Division, USS Helena CA-75. July 1953 - November 1956 has his own "Collections" page.
All pictures copied from 35 mm slides except for the index picture as posted. Recorded 13 January 2010.

Found---an old picture of me and shipmate Fred Green as we about to visit the park in Kobe Japan.
Load the page and scroll down to see the black and white picture. The two colored pictures that follow are also posted on another page.
Recorded 4 January 2010

Two pictures furnished by Shipmate Charlie McClelland. USS Helena CL-50. (Your editor apologizes for the late posting). Recorded 1 January 2010.

Effective 28 December 2009, our USS Helena CA-75 Challenge Coins will be sold through the Ships Store. Recorded 27 December 2009.

Your editor has found an old picture. Taken in 1944. Load the page and scroll down to the last picture. Recorded 26 December 2009.

3 new pictures have been added to Second Life page 11. These pictures are of a new gangway created by our builder.
The brow looks more like the real brows we remember while serving on the USS Helena CA-75. Click HERE!
Recorded 25 December 2009.

Second Life pages 9, 10, and 11 are up and running with 11, the last page for the year 2009.
In early 2010, our SL builder with work with shipmate Neal Hammon to continue building the USS Helena CA-75 in Second Life.
Regular visitors to our Helena web page will remember Neal as one of the pages contributors. Recorded 20 December 2009.

Three new documents and a picture are added to the Montana Military Museum web link. Recorded 14 December 2009.

A special book offer by William L. McGee. Click HERE! Recorded 11 December 2009.

Second Life pages 5, 6, 7 and 8 are up and running with 8 just posted today. Recorded 9 December 2009.

Second Life Page 4 is up and running. View 12 pictures taken on board the Titanic in Second Life.
Note part way down the page, we have made a comparision between the USS Helena CAS-75 and the Titanic.
Recorded 1 December 2009.

Did you know that there was another Helena at the same time as the FG9? Here's the story of the SP-24 Helena 1.

From: Dictionary of American Fighting Ships

Helena I

(SP - 24: dp. 9; l. 43'; b. 10'; dr. 3'; s. 10 k.; a. 1 mg.)

Helena I, a wooden motor yacht, was built in 1906 by Van Sant Brothers, of Port Republic, N.J., and acquired by the Navy from Dr. W. G. Hall, Trenton, N.J., in May 1917. Assigned to the 7th Naval District, she was taken to Key West, Fla., and commissioned there 7 September 1917, Otis Curry, QM 2/c in command.

Helena I operated as a harbor and coastal patrol boat in the vicinity of Key West until being decommissioned and sold 27 August 1919. Before she could be delivered to her new owner, however, the boat was wrecked 11 September 1919 in a hurricane, and was stricken from the Navy List 4 October 1919.

Transcribed by Yves HUBERT (hubertypc@aol.com)