USS Helena CA-75 | |
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Ship Class | BALTIMORE |
Displacement | 13,600 tons |
Length | 674' 11" |
Beam | 70' 10" |
Draft | 20' 6" |
Compliment | 1,142 |
Armament | 9 8"; 12 5"; 48 40mm; 22 20mm |
Speed | 33 Knots |
Main Machinery | 4 Babcock & Wilcox Boilers 4 G&E Turbines 4 Shafts/Screws 120,00shp |
Builder |
Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy Mass |
Launched | 28 April 1945 |
Sponsor | Mrs. John T. Hayton; wife of Mayor of Helena Mont. |
Commissioned | 4 September 1945 |
Decommissioned | 29 June 1963 |
Stricken From Naval Register | 1 January 1974 |
Present Status | Sold for scrap 13 November 1974 |