HELENA CA 75

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Baltimore Class Heavy Cruiser
    Keel Laid September 9 1943 as DES MOINES
    Renamed November 6 1944
    Launched April 28 1945

  1. USS HELENA CA-75
    Commissioned September 4 1945 - Decommissioned June 29 1963

    Struck from Naval Register January 1 1974
    Sold November 3 1974 for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1    (1945-63)

 

Postmarks

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A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type / Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Close-Up Image
Thumbnail Link To
Full Cover Image


 

Quincy MA
Machine

1945-04-28

Launching



 

Locy Type
2(n) Oct 27, 1945

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-25

1945-10-27

Note:


 

Locy Type
2(n) Oct 27, 1946

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-25

1946-10-27

Note:


 

Locy Type
2(n)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-25b

1946-11-09

Note:


 

Locy Type
2(n)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-25b

1947-07-03

Note:


 

Locy Type
2(n)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-25b

1948-11-10

USMC Birthday, Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
2r

1954-07-20

Note:


 

Locy Type
2t(n+u)

1961-05-14

R/S cachet


 

Locy Type
2t(n+u)

1961-05-14

Close-up view of the R/S cachet


 

Locy Type
2#

(Br. #16185)

1945-10-02

Note:


 

Locy Type
9ef(nu)

1947-07-03

Note:


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2(n+)

1963-03-18

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

HELENA was presented the Presidential Unit Citation of the Republic of Korea and the Korean Service Medal with four stars.

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of USS HELENA CL-50, Sunk during The Battle of Kula Gulf July 6 1943 with a loss of 168 of her crew

Five ships of the US Navy have been named HELENA - USS Helena PG-9, USS Helena CL-50, USS Helena CL-113 (Cancelled while under construction 1944), USS Helena CA-75 and USS Helena SSN-725.

 


 

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