uss helena crew list

On Mount III of the 1.1"/75 the trainer was killed by bomb splinter. As the explosion had thrown #1 shaft out of position wrecking the shaft coupling in #3 fireroom and distorting the stuffing gland between the flooded engineroom, the firing of #6 boiler and the water level rise under the boiler resolved itself into a race against time.

Helena’s commanding officer, Capt. USS Helena Action Report, re: Pearl Harbor Attack U.S.S. These he delivered to the After Boiler personnel who then lighted off #6 boiler using natural ventilation. Smoke Screen Generator -- frame 150 -- Shock weakened foundation and carried away air supply lines.

… AIR ATTACK DECEMBER SEVEN IN THREE GENERAL PHASE PERIODS X TIMES APPROXIMATE X FIRST PHASE 0757 TO 0820 SECOND PHASE 0900 TO 0940 THIRD PHASE 1105 TO 1115 X FIRST PHASE DIVE BOMBERS ABOUT 12000 FEET DIVING FROM SOUTHERLY DIRECTION TOWARD FOR ISLAND AND BATTLESHIPS WEST SIDE OF SOUTH CHANNEL ABOUT TWELVE TO FIFTEEN PLANES X FOLLOWED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY TORPEDO PLANES IN SECTION OF THREE ATTACKING BATTLESHIPS AND CRUISERS AND BY OTHER GROUP OF ABOUT TEN DIVE BOMBERS ATTACKING PENNSYLVANIA, DRY DOCKS, AND CRUISERS EAST OF SOUTH CHANNEL FROM SOUTH WESTERLY DIRECTION X FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY TWO GROUPS OF HORIZONTAL BOMBERS ONE GROUP ABOUT TWELVE PLANES IN TIGHT VEE OF VEE AT 150000 FEET COURSE ABOUT 020 TRUE FORMATION OPENED OUT WHEN AA BURST CLOSE OBSERVED TO RELEASE BOMBS WHICH FELL IN RAGGED PATTERN IN SOUTH CHANNEL AND VICINITY OF BATTLESHIPS WEST OF SOUTH CHANNEL X OTHER GROUP HORIZONTAL BOMBERS COURSE ABOUT 070 TRUE 14000 FEET PASSED OVER HELENA BOMB DROPS NOT OBSERVED X OBSERVED LIGHT BOMBERS AND AT LEAST ONE FIGHTER STRAFING DURING TORPEDO ATTACKS SECOND PHASE CONSISTED TWO GENERAL ATTACKS BY DIVE AND GLIDE BOMBERS X FIRST ATTACK CAME FROM ABOUT 170 TRUE FROM HELENA AT LEAST THREE GROUPS FIVE EACH RATHER STEEP DIVE ABOUT 60 DEGREES IN SINGLE FILE HEADING DIRECTLY FOR HELENA X AT ABOUT 4000 FEET LEADER FOLLOWED BY ABOUT FOUR CHANGED TO HIS LEFT AND HEADED FOR NEVADA THEN NEAR FLOATING DRY DOCK X THEN ABOUT FIVE CONTINUED TOWARD HELENA AND FOUR VERY NEAR MISSES OBSERVED BY HELENA ONE ON DOCK ABREAST BRIDGE TWO CLOSE ON STARBOARD BOW AND ONE CLOSE ON STARBOARD QUARTER X REMAINDER BELIEVED TO HAVE ATTACKED PENNSYLVANIA DESTROYERS AND NEVADA X SECOND ATTACK ABOUT TEN GLIDE BOMBING FROM DIRECTION ABOUT 110 DEGREES TRUE DIVE ANGLE THIRTY TO FORTY DEGREE FIVE IN VERY LOOSE VEE TOWARD HELENA OF WHICH NONE REACHED RELEASE POINT FOR HELENA X TWO VEERED TO LEFT SMOKING AND FELL ONE NEAR HOSPITAL ONE BEYOND HOSPITAL ONE VEERED TO HIS RIGHT AND DISAPPEARED IN DIRECTION ABOUT 060 DEGREES TRUE TWO VEERED TO LEFT AND ATTACKED WITH REMAINING PLANES ON PENNSYLVANIA DESTROYERS AND PARTICULARLY NEVADA ON WHICH AT LEAST TWO HITS OBSERVED X DURING THIS PERIOD ONE LONE TORPEDO PLANE FLYING PARALLEL THIS VESSEL AND HEADED DIRECTLY FOR DRY DOCK CAISSON UNDER FIRE THIS VESSEL EXPLODED AND DISINTEGRATED IN AIR ON STARBOARD QUARTER X ALSO DURING THIS PERIOD GROUP OF PLANES OBSERVED TO BOMB BATTLESHIPS ACROSS CHANNEL APPROACHING FROM DIRECTION MOUNTAINS TO NORTH X THIRD PHASE ONE GROUP ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT HORIZONTAL BOMBERS PASSED OVER HELENA COURSE ABOUT NORTH 15000 FEET NO BOMB DROPS OBSERVED X ABOUT SAME TIME TWO OR THREE LIGHT BOMBERS 1000 TO 2000 FEET IN DIRECTION OF PORT QUARTER X ONE OF LATTER FIRED ON BY AFTER ONE POINT ONE AND MACHINE GUNS X WITHIN FEW MINUTES GROUP OF PLANES CROSSED FROM PORT QUARTER TO STARBOARD QUARTER AT CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE FIRED ON BY OUR 5 INCH FOR FEW ROUNDS OUT OF SEVEN PLANES ON WHICH THIS VESSEL FIRED BELIEVED DESTROYED AS FOLLOWS X FIRST PHASE ONE TORPEDO PLANE CROSSING STERN AFTER CROSSING TO WEST OF ARGONNE PART FUSELAGE BLOWN OFF CAUGHT FIRE AND FELL TO NORTH IN CHANNEL BEFORE DROPPING TORPEDO PHASE TWO ONE TORPEDO PLANE HEADED TOWARD CAISSON MENTIONED ABOVE X TWO DIVE BOMBERS OF FIRST ATTACK OBSERVED ON FIRE ONE FELL NEAR WATER TOWER FORD ISLAND OTHER FAR SIDE FORD ISLAND OR POSSIBLY CHANNEL BEYOND X TWO GLIDE BOMBERS IN SECOND ATTACK AS MENTIONED ABOVE AND ONE PLANE PASSING ALONG STARBOARD SIDE HEADING ABOUT TOWARD SHAW OR NEVADA BURST IN FLAMES WHEN ABEAM AND FELL IN DIRECTION SLIGHTLY TO RIGHT OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WELL BEYOND As directed by reference (a), the report of damage sustained by this vessel on 6 July, 1943, is forwarded herewith. A short while later he started a Fire and Bilge pump on the main drain to keep #3 fireroom bilge water level below the boiler. 1. Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. Power and fire main jumpers were placed. Repair I assisted in sending 1.1" and .50 caliber ammunition to forward guns from forward whip hoist. Repair parties assisted the wounded and the battle dressing stations in whatever manner requested. The survivors were amassed into two groups.The first group of about 275 survivors was aided by volunteers and small boats left on scene by the two destroyers. The Forward Boiler personnel on watch proved to be a typical example of American courage and discipline. While the after boilers were being readied for steaming, the Forward Boiler Operating personnel were securing 33 boiler and the Boiler Operating Space machinery. If you also served aboard and you remember one of the people below you can click on the name to send an email to the respective sailor. She was named Helena while under construction after the cancellation of the light cruiser CL-113. Construction and commissioning. Tomb of the Unknown Silent Hero Medal Of Honor. #3 generator was warmed up and, after considerable difficulty, was put on the line. Two American destroyers, the As the sun rose, the enemy remained within striking distance, and the two American vessels suspended rescue operations to pursue the Japanese. War History On Line The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Commissioning. USN RADIO OFFICER 4 Jul 1943 : USS Helena escorted invasion transports to Kula Gulf west of New Georgia.