Radford, Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet, boarded the ship by helicopter to visit briefly. After six months' training in home waters, USS Helena (CA-75) again sailed for Yokosuka, arriving 25 January 1956. She called first at Iwo Jima where on 1 December Adm. USS Helena (CA-75) arrived once again at Yokosuka 8 June 1952 and the next day was underway to rendezvous with Task Force 77 off the coast of Korea. On 24 November 1952, USS Helena (CA-75) was relieved of her normal duties at Yokosuka and 5 days later sailed on a special mission. During the remainder of her Far Eastern tour she carried out a schedule of large scale fleet exercises off Okinawa, and visits to Japanese ports. She returned to Japan in January 1950, and soon after experienced the highlights of her service as flagship of the Seventh Fleet when the Joint Chiefs of Staff, then touring the Far East, embarked on 2 February 1951. During July and August 1949, USS Helena (CA-75) took part in a six-week at sea training cruise for men of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps to the Galapagos Islands and Panama. USS Helena (CA-75) then proceeded via Yokosuka and Hong Kong to the Philippines where she conducted training exercises. USS Helena (CA-75) spent much of the spring of 1949 in training a new crew and in May cruised to train Naval Reservists, returning to Long Beach for a conversion necessary to equip her to carry a helicopter. USS Helena (CA-75) completed her outfitting in the Boston area and sailed on 24 October 1945, arriving New York City the next day to take part in the celebration of the Navy's role in World War II victory that marked Navy Day, 27 October 1945. After two shakedown/training periods at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, USS Helena (CA-75) returned to Boston in February 1945 to prepare for her first deployment, a round-the-world cruise. During the next three months, USS Helena (CA-75) conducted training exercises in Northern European waters and paid good-will visits to major ports in England and Scotland. Haytin, wife of the mayor of Helena and commissioned on 4 September 1945, Capt. USS Helena (CA-75) received her name while building after the cancellation of CL-113 was launched at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass., on 28 April 1945, sponsored by Mrs.
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