USN · DD
Helm
Photos and infoBagley-class destroyer. With Wilson on the northern patrol at Savo Island. She fired at the Japanese cruisers and was not hit. She survived the war and was sold for scrap on 2 October 1947.
| Class | Bagley class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-388 |
| Fate | Afloat. Northern destroyer at Savo Island. She fired and was not hit. Still afloat at the surrender. Decommissioned 26 June 1946. Sold for scrap on 2 October 1947. |
| Armament (class) | Four 5-inch guns, one funnel, and sixteen torpedo tubes. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
U.S. Navy. USS Helm (DD-388) assists USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) after she was hit by a Kamikaze off Luzon, 30 October 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Command
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · underway near West Loch; near-miss damage
Battle of Savo Island
1942-08-09 · fired; not hit
