Team Backed By Microsoft Co-Founder Locates USS Helena Wreck

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Microsoft co-founder’s mission to locate sunken warships in the South Pacific has chalked up another victory with the discovery of the USS Helena nearly 75 years after it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in the waters off the Solomon Islands, reviving stories of the battle-tested ship’s endurance and the nearly unbelievable survival story of 165 of the crewmen.
2nd April 1946: The American warship USS Helena anchors at Portsmouth. On deck the ratings are at w