USS Helm
Service
- 16 October 1937 — 26 June 19462,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Helm
- Namesake
- Rear Admiral James Meredith Helm
- Builder
- Norfolk Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 25 September 1935
- Launched
- 27 May 1937
- Commissioned
- 16 October 1937
- Decommissioned
- 26 June 1946
- Struck
- 25 February 1947
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 2 October 1947 (1947)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Length
- 103.94 m (341 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.05 m (10 ft)
- Speed
- 38.5 knots (71.3 km/h, 44.3 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 158
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Helm was a Bagley-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral James Meredith Helm. Her keel was laid at Norfolk Navy Yard on 25 September 1935. Launched on 27 May 1937, she entered service on 16 October 1937.
Eight ships of the class were built. The class followed the Gridley-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Somers-class destroyer.
She measured 103.9 m (341 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 38.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 158. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 26 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 25 February 1947.
She was broken up for scrap on 2 October 1947.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 49,000 shp
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 4 × 5"/38 caliber guns (12 cm)
- 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns
- 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Helm on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons