Some 70 years ago, Vern Johnson was on the USS Helena when it was struck by Japanese torpedoes in a place called Kula Gulf, sinking the ship and killing more than 100 men. “There was a boom and there ...

What was once used to secure a U.S. Navy cruiser during combat is now permanently anchored at one of Helena’s favorite gathering spots. The seven-ton anchor at Anchor Park near Lewis & Clark Library ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Nearly 75 years after the USS Helena was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in the waters off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, an expedition backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul ...

A retired Navy chief petty officer recently enlisted help from family and friends and a local welding shop to conserve the bell of the USS Helena (CL 50). Tim Coulter, his father Bill Coulter, Tim's ...