Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

CL-50 USS Helena

: Torpedoed and sunk by IJN destroyers Suzukaze and Tanikaze off Kolombangara, Solomons on 6 July 1943 (Battle of Kula Gulf).

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