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CL-50 Helena
United States Navy light cruiser
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Brooklyn | 1936/12/09 New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y. | 1938/08/28 | 1939/12/14 | 1943/07/06
sunk | |
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| TTD differences from class:SC, SG radars | |||||
| Camouflage: 41: Ms 11, 42-43: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/07 | BatForPac/Cru/CruDiv9 | disable(torpedo) P.H. | 114 | ||
| 41/12/24 | 41/12/29 | TU with St. Louis, Raleigh, Waters - sail P.H. > San Francisco | 66 | ||
| 42/01 | MINY - repairs, overhaul | ||||
| 42/08/18 | 42/08/22 | escort Long Island with VMF-223,VMSB-232 to launch for Henderson Field | 70 66 | ||
| 42/09/08 | 42/09/15 | 18 | 66 | ||
| 42/09/15 | lifeguard from Wasp | ||||
| 42/10/07 | 42/10/11 | 64.2 | xEsper | ||
| 42/10/15 | 42/10/29 | 64 | xSCruz | 66 | |
| 42/10/31 | 42/11/08 | 65.4 | Guadalcanal reinforcement | 81 | |
| 42/11/08 | 42/11/14 | 67.4 | xGuadal - damaged (4 14in, 1 5in shells) - 1 KIA, 9 WIA | 104 | |
| 42/11/11 | 67.4 | shell Guadalcanal - Marine Corps fire support | |||
| 43/01/04 | 43/01/05 | 67.2 | shell Munda | ||
| 43/01/23 | 67 | shell Munda | |||
| 43/02/11 | floatplane shared (with Fletcher) in sinking I-18 | 66 | |||
| 43/02/2? | 43/03/2? | Sydney - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 43/04/04 | 43/04/07 | 18 | Slot sweep | 66 | |
| 43/06/26 | 43/06/29 | Toena | 36.1 | ||
| 43/06/29 | 43/07 | Cartwh | 36.1 | ||
| 43/07/05 | 43/07/06 | 36.1 | xKula -sunk(3 Type 93 torpedoes from Suzukaze and Tanikaze) - 168 KIA, MIA | 66 104 | |