USS HELENAS

FOR ALL THE HELENAS THAT SAILED THE SEVEN SEAS, WHETHER HEAVY OR LIGHT CRUISER, FRIGATE OR SUBMARINE,
TO THE MEN WHO SERVED ABOARD THEM THEIR'S WAS THE GREATEST SHIP EVER SEEN.

FOR ME AND THOSE WHO SERVED ABOARD HER, WE WILL ALWAYS SPEAK HER NAME WITH PRIDE.
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER SHIP AS GREAT AS THE WONDERFUL USS HELENA, CA75.

SHE WAS KNOWN AS THE "HELL SHIP" TO THE KOREANS OF WONSAN.
SHE SCARED THEIR PANTS OFF WHEN SHE TRAINED OUT HER BIG GUNS.

SHE MADE MANY CRUISES TO WESTPAC AND EVEN CARRIED THE 7TH FLEET FLAG.
SHE EARNED ENOUGH FAME AND GLORY, THAT NONE OF US REALLY HAVE TO BRAG.

THEY HAVE NOW LOWERED HER ENSIGN JACK AND PULLED HER COMMISSION PENNANT DOWN.
THEY WILL NEVER ERASE HER MEMORY AS LONG AS THERE IS A USS HELENA SAILOR AROUND.

THEY HAVE TURNED HER INTO SCRAP IRON TO MAKE CARS, WASHING MACHINES AND KNIVES,
BUT EVERY TWO YEARS WE HAVE A REUNION AND BRING THE USS HELENA BACK ALIVE.