Tim Wiese joined the SSN 725 at Guam sometime in 2003
and was on the boat for about a month.

The submarine patrolled from Guam to Australia and back.

During one of those legs the boat entered Kula Gulf submerged and
then surfaced very close to where the USS Helena CL-50 lies.

Tim does not remember the precise location but knows that
the boat was within two miles of where the CL-50 now lies.

A ceremony was held on the deck, remembering and honoring
the 168 men who died the early morning hours of 6 July 1943.

[ editorial comment : I met Tim during the 2017 Kansas City reunion ]

FROM THE SSN 725
USS HELENA
CRUISE BOOK
provided by Tim Wiese

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