During the years of the life of the U.S. NAVAL STATION, LONG BEACH, Calif., a weekly newspaper was produced.
The "Seahorse".

The following copies of clippings from the Seahorse donated by George Del Gaudio

From left to right:
TROPICAL CHANGE-OF-COMMAND
on the heavy cruiser USS Helena was held April 23 at Guam, Marianas Island. Departing Commanding Officer Captain Nels C. Johnson was relieved by
Navy Cross holder Captain Draper L. Kauffman in ceremonies held on the fantail of the ship.
Posted to the Seahorse 6 May 1960

AUSTRALIA
Helena crewmen held a shipboard party for local crippled children.
Posted to the Seahorse 3 June 1960

AN ARRAY OF LIGHTS
displayed the USS Helena in the harbor at Sydney, Australia, during the first two weeks of May to participate in the annual Coral Sea Celebration.
The ship was photographed by time exposure. Kirby Neweman, SN, of Paul Ida., then sneaked into the same picture to be double exposed with flash.
Posted to the Seahorse 3 June 1960

Posted to the Seahorse 3 June 1960

From left to right:
LEAVING USS HELENA
last Friday after the heavy cruiser had served as his flagship as Commander, Cruiser Division Five, for the past seven months is Rear Admiral J. Julian Becton.
Radm. Becton relieved Rear Admiral Charles K. Bergin as Commander, Mine Force Pacific Fleet, in a change-of-command ceremony July 16.
He will also continue as ComCruDiv Five.
Posted to the Seahorse 22 July 1960

OVER 4,000 VISITORS
crossed the gangway of the USS Helena last weekend.
The Helena held open house for general visitors on July 2, 3 and 4.
The ship, which was at full dress for the holiday, returned from the Far East June 2, where she visited seven countries from Korea to Australia.
On July 15 she will enter the San Francisco Naval Shipyards for an overhaul.
Posted to the Seahorse 8 July 1960

Helena Selected as First Fleet Flagship The rumor that the cruiser USS Helena was to become the flagship for the Commander First Fleet has been confirmed. On October 1, the Chief of Naval Operations announced the change which will give the First Fleet Commander a permanent flag- ship for the first time. The Helena, which is presently concluding a fifteen week over- haul in the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, will complete her re- fresher training prior to embark- ing Vice Admiral C. L. Melson and his staff in mid-January. Also involved in the change will be a switch of home port for the Helena from Long Beach to San Diego. This will be effected for record purposes on October 15 but her actual home port will be Long Beach until the first of the year (posted to the Seahorse 14 October 1960)

Helena CO Selected For Rear Admiral Commanding officer of the heavy cruiser USS Helena, Capt. Draper L. Kauffman was inform- ed on July 22 that he has been selected for Rear Admiral. Of the 32 men chosen, Capt. Kauffman is one of the most junior from the standpoint of time in the service. The selection is even more unusual in that the Helena skipper was denied a com- mission upon completion of the Naval Academy in 1933 because of poor vision and did not enter the U. S. Navy until November 1941. During his naval career, Capt. Kauffman has commanded the destroyer Gearing and the am- phibious assault transport Bexar, was organizer of both the Navy bomb disposal school and the underwater demolition teams, has been aide to the Secretary of the Navy and was Fleet Plans Offi- cer for Commander-in-chief U. S. Pacific Fleet. (posted to the Seahorse 27 July 1960)