Comments by "COL BEAUSABRE" (@colbeausabre8842) on "USS Helena - Guide 195" video.

  1. Teddy Roosevelt lived during Helena as a ranch owner after his first wife and mother died on the same day. The ranch had a wagon that TR named the "Handbasket" as in "Going to Helena in a handbasket" ("Going to Hell in a handbasket")
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  2. My dad was an Electronics Technician aboard the San Jacinto. He said SG was a good set but had its blind spots, which was why BB's CA's and CV's had two of them, one each fore and aft.
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  3. Minelayer that was moored alongside the Helena at Pearl and sank because her seams were opened by the blast from the torpedo striking the later was the USS Oglala. Which has gone down in US Navy lore as "The ship that died of fright"
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