"I'll bet the ET's can fix it!" This is one of HELENA's most repeated sayings, and the electronics technicions of OE Division are trying to have it made the official ship's motto. Radar, radio transmitters and receivers, loran gear, tv sets . . . all come under the watchful eye of the ET-men.
Working hours? All times of the day or night, for communications must be maintained at all costs. Movies, sleep, or chow are not to be expected by an ET, for you may find him anywhere from the top of a mast to below-decks Radio Central during any of these times, should trouble develope in electronics gear.
A small, but most vital group of technical specialists make up this essential division, and the ship depends heavily on their expert work.
OE DIVISION . . . . .
keeping pace with the most
advanced developments
of today's modern Navy
Top two pictures are from the Helena 1958 - 1959 cruise book
Bottom two pictures are from the Helena 1959 - 1960 cruise book
