Pictures copied from the USS Helena CA-75, 1949 - 1950 Cruise Book

Looking toward the Aloha tower in Honolulu

Honolulu Armed Service Y.M.C.A.

The HELENA and the King

Any resemblance is purely coincidental

Waikiki Beach and the famed Royal Hawaiian Hotel

HELENA sailors at Waikiki Beach. That's Diamond Head in the background.

As the ship pulled away from the dock, a Hawaiian band was on hand to bid us a fond "Aloha."