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| 139k | James Meredith Helm, born 16 December 1855 at Grayville, III., graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1875. He served in various ships and abroad until the Spanish-American War, when he commanded gunboat Hornet. In the blockade of Cuba, he captured a Spanish steamer and three contraband schooners, and was advanced five numbers in grade for outstanding performance at the Battle of Manzanillo 30 June 1898. Helm subsequently commanded Idaho and Wabash. During World War I, Rear Admiral Helm was Commandant of the 4th Naval District and received the Navy Cross for his achievements. He retired 16 December 1919 and died 28 October 1927. | Robert M. Cieri/Bill Gonyo | |
| 104k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 91k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 248k | Undated, good image underway as early war carrier escort. | - | |
| 261k | Undated, newspaper clipping. | Robert Hall | |
| 60k | Undated, location unknown. | Jon Burdett | |
| 155k | USS Blue (DD-387), left, and USS Helm (DD-388), ready for christening, in Drydock Two at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 27 May 1937. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Joe Radigan | |
| 58k | Launch Program for the USS Helm (DD-388) and USS Blue (DD-387) at Norfolk Navy Yard, May 27 1937. | Ron Reeves | |
| 53k | USS Helm (DD-388) and USS Blue (DD-387) at Norfolk Navy Yard prior to launching. USN photo. | Joe Radigan | |
| 77k | USS Helm (DD-388) photographed circa 1937-1939. Note the dark paint on her forward 5"/38 gun mounts (USN Photo No NH 61888). | Robert Hurst | |
| 37k | On builder's trials November 11 1937 off Portsmouth, VA. | Tracy White | |
| 77k | USS Helm (DD-388) during the later 1930s. Note that her Mark 33 main battery gun director has been temporarily removed from atop her forward superstructure. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #: NH 67686. | Robert Hurst | |
| 160k | Plan view, aft, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 25 February 1942. Note her torpedo tubes, life rafts, 26-foot motor whaleboat, smokestack and other midships details. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 131k | Plan view, forward, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 25 February 1942. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss/Bill Gonyo | |
| 74k | Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 26 February 1942. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 86k | USS Helm (DD-388) at Noumea, New Caledonia, on 6 April 1942. Photographed by USS Tangier (AV-8). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Joe Radigan | |
| 90k | Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942. Ships maneuvering during the Japanese torpedo plane attack on the Tulagi invasion force, 8 August 1942. Several Japanese Navy Type 1 land attack planes ("Betty") are faintly visible at left, center and right, among the anti-aircraft shell bursts. Destroyer in the foreground appears to be USS Bagley (DD-386) or USS Helm (DD-388). A New Orleans class heavy cruiser is in the left distance, with a large splash beside it. Column of smoke in the left center is probably from a crashed plane. The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 97751. | Robert Hurst | |
| 96k | Navy Photo 2550-44, bow on view of USS Helm (DD 388) off Mare Island on 28 April 1944. She was in overhaul at Mare Island form 4 March until 4 May 1944. Note that her MK 33 director is facing aft. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 1d. | Darryl Baker | |
| 91k | Navy Photo 2553-44, broadside view of USS Helm (DD 388) off Mare Island on 28 April 1944. She was in overhaul at Mare Island form 4 March until 4 May 1944. | Darryl Baker | |
| 97k | Navy Photo 2555-44, stern view of USS Helm (DD 388) off Mare Island on 28 April 1944. She was in overhaul at Mare Island form 4 March until 4 May 1944. | Darryl Baker | |
| 111k | Navy Photo 2637-44, amidships looking aft plan view of USS Helm (DD 388) at Mare Island on 2 May 1944. USS Bagley (DD 386) is to the left and YMT-9 is to the right. YMt-9 was built at Mare Island in 1919. | Darryl Baker | |
| 111k | Navy Photo 2638-44, amidships looking forward plan view of USS Helm (DD 388) at Mare Island on 2 May 1944. USS Bagley (DD 386) is to the right. Note: 5" gun assemblies on the pier to the right. | Darryl Baker | |
| 82k | Lingayen Operation, January 1945 A Japanese plane makes a suicide attack on a Bagley class destroyer, west of the Philippines on 5 January 1945. The ship is probably USS Helm (DD-388), which was slightly damaged by a "Kamikaze" on that date. Note anti-aircraft shell bursts in the vicinity. Photographed by USS Steamer Bay (CVE-87). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 81k | USS Helm (DD-388) under attack on 5 January 1945 while screening an escort carrier group off Lingayen Gulf. The attacker can just be made out amidst the bursts of anti-aircraft shells direxctly above the destroyer's forward gun mounts. Photo National Archives and Records Admininstration. | Robert Hurst | |
| 68k | USS Helm (DD-388) after successfully shooting down a Japanese Kamikaze. Photo from "United States destroyer Operations in World War II" by Theodore Roscoe. | Robert Hurst | |
| 111k | USS Helm (DD-388) comes alongside USS Makin Island (CVE-93) during the Iwo Jima operation, 24 February 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Joe Radigan | |
| 86k | Three Gridley/Bagley Class destroyers being towed from Pearl Harbor to the West coast for scrapping. From left to right they are USS Craven (DD-382), USS Bagley (DD-386), and USS Helm (DD-388). The photo was taken on 21 November 1947. Photo from Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner. | Robert Hurst | |
LCDR Paul Hopkins Talbot Oct 16 1937 - Jun 5 1939 LCDR Percival Eaton McDowell Jun 5 1939 - Jun 25 1940 LCDR Elmer Allan Tarbutton Jun 25 1940 - Sep 23 1941 LCDR Chester Edward (Blackie) Carroll Sep 23 1941 - Feb 4 1943 (Later RADM) CDR William Baumert Braun Feb 4 1943 - Nov 24 1943 LCDR Selby Krauss Santmyers Nov 24 1943 - Jan 27 1945 LCDR Albert Francis Hollingsworth Jan 27 1945 - Sep 1 1945 LCDR Ernest Robert Peterson Sep 1 1945 - Jun 26 1946
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