Allied Warships

USS Helm (DD 388)

Destroyer of the Bagley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBagley 
PennantDD 388 
Built byNorfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Sep 1935 
Launched27 May 1937 
Commissioned16 Oct 1937 
End service26 Jun 1946 
History

Decommissioned 26 June 1946.
Stricken 25 February 1947.
Sold 2 October 1947 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Helm (DD 388)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Paul Hopkins Talbot, USN16 Oct 1937???

2Lt.Cdr. Percival Eaton McDowell, USN1939???

3Lt.Cdr. Elmer Allan Tarbutton, USN25 Jun 1940???

4Lt.Cdr. Chester Edward Carroll, USN1941???

5Cdr. William Baumert Braun, USNFeb 1944Dec 1944
6Lt.Cdr. Ernest Robert Peterson, USNDec 1944???

7Cdr. Victor Asle Dybdal, USN??????

8Cdr. Albert Francis Hollingsworth, USN??????

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