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USS Helena (CA 75) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Helena (CA 75). Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. 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. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website?
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There are 51 crew members registered for the USS Helena (CA 75).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1960 | 1961 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohen, Gerald Gerry | SN | Jun 19, 1946 – Apr 10, 1947 | CS | I would be delighted to hear from anyone who remembers me. I worked in the Executive Officer's Office. |
| Baker, James A. M. | Fire Control Seaman | 1947 – 1950 | FOX | Main Battery Fire Control |
| Claus, Ray | Ft-sn | 1949 – Mar 1950 | Fire Control | Operation "Miki", crossing the Pacific, and visiting China, Japan and the Phillipines were the greatest adventures of my life. Great education. |
| Klingman, Menlo | BT 3 | Aug 1949 – Feb 1952 | ||
Claus, Raymond  | FCSN | Oct 1949 – Mar 1950 | Fox | Best part of my hitch: The Helena was the flagship of the 7th Fleet. We visited Hawaii, Hong Kong and Yokosuka (Tokyo) as well as many of the Phillipine Islands. Great memories. |
| Bryan, George | YMSN | Jul 5, 1950 – Aug 1953 | 4th & Fox | Was Yeoman in Gunnery Office. |
| Sagert, Reynold | FT1 | Jan 1951 – Sep 19, 1955 | Fox | At times the men of the Fox Div were like a "Band of Brothers" |
| Whitstine, Alvin | GM3 | Jan 1, 1951 – Sep 1955 | 5th | just looking for some of my old war buddies |
| Gray, Thomas | ET2 | Aug 15, 1951 – Jul 1, 1954 | Tare | I would like to hear from others in Tare division. |
| Hall, Bernie | PN3 | Sep 1951 – Nov 1952 | EX | Looking for anyone that remembers me from the personel office. |
| Boatman, Jack | EN3 | 1952 – 1955 | A | Looking for shipmates. |
| Jones, Donald | Seaman First | Jul 1952 – Feb 1955 | 2nd | Looking for shipmates. |
| Lake, Richard | Dec 1952 – 1956 | M | Just looking for any of my old shipmates. | |
| Odegard, Kenneth | CPL-SGT | 1953 – 1956 | USMC | I'm retired Army. My father served on the USS Helena between '53-'56 as a Marine. Died May 26, 2006. I'm looking for people who knew him. and confirm the dates he was aboard. DD214 says 1 Year 10 Months 20 Days Sea Duty. |
| Brown, Debbie | MM2 | Jan 1954 – Mar 1956 | M | |
| Frayser, Max C | Seaman | Jan 14, 1954 – Nov 27, 1957 | R Division | Looking for Don Childs, Fred Franklin Norris, Tom Cox, M E Paul, Fred Gibson, Johnny Carroll, other shipmates. |
| Walters, Bob | RM2 | Jul 1954 – Jan 1956 | OR | Since I have never gone to any of the previous reunions, I was trying to find out when the next one would be. And, I was wondering if any of the Communications gang that served with me had registered. |
| Krietemeyer, Leonard | E-3 | Aug 16, 1954 – 1956 | S-1 | I'm the daughter of Leonard. He spoke of the good times in China and Guam. I think he did laundry a Bollinger,Smith, Lubbe,Thompson. He talked of a Whinstine, Corbon from Idaho. Contact if you have any info on anybody |
| Lopez, Audencio | 1955 – 1958 | |||
| Branom, Lawrence | HT 3 | 1955 – 1958 | R | I served on this ship between 1955 and 1958. |
| Lapuzza, Michael | MR 2 | Aug 1955 – Nov 1957 | Alpha | Looking for any shipmate that was assigned to A Division; those who worked in the machine shop or any other assignment in the engineering division. Best duty in the Navy. |
| Strickland, Carl | SEA MAN FIRST CLASS | Dec 3, 1955 – Oct 1956 | 3rd | |
| Rinchich, Frank | Cpl. | Dec 24, 1955 – Nov 2, 1957 | Marine Detch. | Was AA director #52 at battle station . first marine to man an AA director. Skipper wanted to try Marines out on AA directors. worked well so that remained my battle station till I left in Nov. 1957, Great ship . |
| Caffrey, Frank | ETCA | Jan 1956 – Aug 1956 | OE | |
| Sharpe, Charles (Chuck) | Corporal | Aug 1, 1956 – Nov 1, 1957 | Marine Detachment 8th Division | What a great 15 mos!19 yrs old,10'tall&bulletproof.Hit every bar in Japan,trained ship's landing force @ Pendleton,climbed Mt Fuji.Live in MO,married 52 yrs,4 sons,7 grandkids.Still have photo of CA75 on on bedroom wall. |
| Blair, Wayne | em2 | 1957 – Sep 1, 1959 | E Div | |
| Guidry, Murkle(Mike) | E-3 | 1958 – 1960 | E Div. | |
| Guidry, Robert (Bob) | EM3 | 1958 – 1962 | E | |
| Clement, Robert Alan | FT3 | Jan 1958 – Mar 1961 | Foxtrot | |
| Loya, Roberto | RM3 | Apr 15, 1958 – Jan 10, 1960 | CR | |
| Parmeter, Barry (Geedunk) | AT-3, AT-2 | 1959 – 1960 | Helicopter | |
| McLeod, Kenneth | Sn | 1959 – 1962 | 1st | Spent my entire enlistment onboard Helena .Enjoyed it all.Was 1st div .then went into CS as a cook. Good ship good crew. Met a lot of friends .Still think of those ttimes. |
| Verne Horton, Verne | SA, SN | 1959 – 1961 | Navigation | |
| Worthey, Charles | BT2 | Apr 20, 1959 – Apr 20, 1963 | B Fire Room # 1 and 2 | |
| Gomez, Tony .....formerly Oscar T. | PN3 | Sep 9, 1959 – Jun 24, 1962 | X-Ray | Served all my tour on board in the Personnel Office...Made alot of friends..reenlisted or separated alot of you guys during my time on board...a shellback on the April 1960 cruise to Australia...great cruise...Lets hear from the ol shipmates . |
| Curtis, Harry | MM2 | 1960 – 1963 | Mike | Checking on old shipmates from one of my favorite ships. |
| Lang, Bill | SEAMAN | Feb 15, 1960 – May 13, 1962 | 4th | Best bunch of guys, best time of my life! |
| Cunningham, Delmer (Dave) | Radarman 2nd (E5) | Aug 15, 1960 – Sep 15, 1963 | OI (CIC) | Looking for anyone that served aboard when I did i.e. Jimmy Harrell, Don Goosetree, Hales,etc. |
| Mourain, Edward | E5/EM | Nov 1960 – Jun 1963 | E Division | I am looking for some of my shipmates. |
| Hovatter, Edward A | SFM3 | Dec 6, 1960 – Jan 13, 1961 | R | having served on 6 ships and 2 shore stations, the Helena was a highlight in my career. |
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