USS Helena (CL-50) was a St Louis Class Light Cruiser in the US Navy
Damaged at Pearl Harbor (12/7/1941)
Anti Raiding Task Force at Pearl Harbor (3/21/1942)
Took Part in the Fourth Battle of Wake Island as Carrier escort (4/9-4/11/1942)
Attacked Japanese Landing Force at Wake Island (4/12/1942)
3 Japanese Ships Sunk
Intercepted Japanese task force lead byIJN Akagi near Wake Island (4/14/1942)
Took 6 Shell hits Causing Fires
Intercepts IJN Junyo Task force Near Wake (4/26/1942)
Begins Refit at Pearl Harbor (5/10/1942)
Repairs finished at Pearl Harbor (6/9/1942)
Ordered to Support invasion of Tarawa with USS Arizona, USS California, USS Oklahoma, USS Colorado USS Vincennes, USS Quincy, USS Minneapolis, USS Astoria, USS Honolulu, USS Nashville, USS Phoenix, and USS San Juan. (9/2/1942)
Supported Invasion of Tarawa (9/16/1942)
Supported invasion of Ocean Island with USS Vincennes, USS Quincy, USS Minneapolis, USS Astoria, USS Nashville, USS Honolulu, USS Phoenix, and USS San Juan. (9/26/1942)
Took 1 Torpedo Hit (9/28/1942)
Under Repair and Refit at Pearl Harbor (10/15/1942)
Repairs completed at Pearl Harbor (11/20/1942)
Attacked Japanese Forces at Dutch Harbor (11/28/1942)
6 Japanese Ships Sunk
Drove off Japanese raider near Lihue with USS West Virginia, USS North Carolina, USS Astoria, USS Wichita, USS Phoenix, USS Honolulu, and USS Columbia (12/6/1942)
Took Part in Second Invasion of Marshalls escorting USS Yorktown, USS Enterprise, and USS Wasp, with USS West Virginia, USS Minneapolis, USS Wichita, USS San Juan, and USS Honolulu
Evaded combat with IJN Jintsu and IJN Isuzu (1/5/1943)
Escorted USS Enterprise and USS Yorktown in raid on Japanese Shipping in the Marshalls with USS Wichita, USS San Juan, USS Trenton, USS St. Louis, and USS Columbia (1/29/1943-1/31/1943)
Under Repair at Pearl Harbor (3/9/1943)
Under Repair at Suva (4/6/1943)