The LTJG Dave Swanson Collection
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USS Helena CA-75
1957 - 1961
(Page posted on 17 August 2013.)
Pictures that follow are on the USS WISCONSIN (BB-64).
I was aboard WISCONSIN in the summers of 1954 and 1956
Signed Dave Swanson.
NROTC Midshipmen learn the working art of "Holystoning"
The Midshipmen are hard at work learning their new "Trade".
Unknown Midshipman.
USS Zellars (DD 777) coming alongside Wisconsin
An international tug boat bringing Japanese dignitaries to visit Helena.
LEFT FOREGROUND: HELENA Commanding Officer CAPT Arthur F. Spring, then promoted to RADM,
died soon after HELENA, in a plane crash while CO of Subic Bay naval base.
RIGHT FOREGROUND: VADM Wallace M. Beakley, COMSEVENTHFLT, aboard the 7th fleet flagship HELENA
Center:
HELENA Commanding Officer CAPT James T. Lay
right:
HELENA Commanding Officer CAPT Arthur F.Spring,
standing behind unidentified Flag Lieutenant to VADM Wallace M. Beakley, COMSEVENTHFLT