Survivors of USS Helena being transferred from cruiser USS Honolulu to shore stations on Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 17 Jul 1943.

Caption     Survivors of USS Helena being transferred from cruiser USS Honolulu to shore stations on Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 17 Jul 1943. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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Identification Code   80-G-54563
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Helena (St. Louis-class)   Main article  Photos  
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Photo Size 2,184 x 1,684 pixels
Photos on Same Day 17 Jul 1943
Photos at Same Place Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. John Hudson says:
15 Oct 2017 12:17:13 PM

My Dad was on the ship when it sunk it took him many years to talk about it and I was proud to be his son. He was a real man.
2. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
24 Jul 2023 07:56:49 PM

The official Navy caption for this photo says the Helena survivors were being debarked from the USS Nicholas. Nicholas did pick up 289 Helena survivors but transferred them to USS Honolulu later that same day at Tulagi. The Helena crewmen came aboard Nicholas covered in oil and transferred to Honolulu with all of their clothes badly oil stained. No boat or barges like the ones seen here were necessary for the transfer. Honolulu then took the men to Espiritu Santo for further transportation.

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WW2-Era Place Name Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides
Lat/Long -15.5257, 167.2202
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