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United States
Namesake	Rear Admiral James Meredith Helm
Builder	Norfolk Navy Yard
Laid down	25 September 1935
Launched	27 May 1937
Commissioned	16 October 1937
Decommissioned	26 June 1946 Decommissioning officer: Lt. Allen G. Sibley
Stricken	25 February 1947
Fate	Sold for scrap, 2 October 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Bagley-class destroyer
Displacement	2,325 tons (full), 1,500 tons (light)
Length	341 ft 8 in (104.14 m)
Beam	35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draft	10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) light, 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m) full
Propulsion	49,000 shp; 2 propellers
Speed	38.5 knots (71.3 km/h)
Range	6,500 nautical miles (12,000 kilometres) @ 12 kt (22.2 km/h)
Complement	158
Armament	4 × 5"/38 caliber guns (12 cm), 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Helm (DD-388) was a Bagley-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Rear Admiral James Meredith Helm. Helm received 11 battle stars for her World War II service in the Pacific.