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46°35′06″N 112°02′27″W / 46.5849238°N 112.0407559°W
&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Helena_(CA-75)_underway_c1961.jpg) USS Helena in 1961–1962
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| History | |
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| Name | Helena |
| Namesake | City of Helena, Montana |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel |
| Laid down | 9 September 1943 |
| Launched | 28 April 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. John T. Haytin |
| Commissioned | 4 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 29 June 1963 |
| Renamed | from Des Moines, 1944 |
| Stricken | 1 January 1974 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Proud And Fearless |
| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Scrapped, 13 November 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Baltimore-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 13,600 tons |
| Length | 674 ft 11 in (206 m) |
| Beam | 70 ft 10 in (22 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft 6 in (6 m) |
| Speed | 33 knots (38.0 mph; 61.1 km/h) |
| Complement | 1,142 |
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USS Helena (CA-75), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Helena, Montana. Originally laid down as the USS Des Moines, she was renamed Helena while under construction after the 5 October 1944 cancellation of the Fargo-class light cruiser USS Helena (CL-113).