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USS Houston (CL/CA-30), was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy.She was the second Navy ship to bear the name "Houston". She was launched by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, on 7 September 1929, sponsored by Elizabeth Holcombe (daughter of Oscar Holcombe, then-mayor of Houston, Texas), and commissioned on 17 June 1930.
USS Houston (AK-1) was a cargo ship during World War I. USS Houston (CA-30) was a Northampton -class heavy cruiser commissioned in 1930, and sunk in 1942. USS Houston (CL-81) was a Cleveland -class light cruiser commissioned in 1943, and decommissioned in 1947. USS Houston (SSN-713) was a Los Angeles -class submarine, commissioned in 1982, and ...
Houston Volunteers. The Houston Volunteers were a group of 1,000 men [1] who volunteered for U.S. Navy service to avenge the loss of heavy cruiser USS Houston (CA-30) after the ship was sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy on 1 March 1942 in the Battle of Sunda Strait. [2]
USS Houston (CL-81) was a Cleveland -class light cruiser of the United States Navy, which were built during World War II. The class was designed as a development of the earlier Brooklyn -class cruisers, the size of which had been limited by the First London Naval Treaty. The start of the war led to the dissolution of the treaty system, but the ...
George Snavely Rentz (July 25, 1882 – March 1, 1942) was a United States Navy chaplain who served during World War I and World War II.For selfless heroism following the loss of USS Houston (CA-30) in the Battle of Sunda Strait, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross— the only Navy Chaplain to be so honored during World War II.
USS Pensacola (CL/CA-24) USS Northampton (CL/CA-26) USS Astoria (CL/CA-34) USS Indianapolis (CL/CA-35) The first cruisers of the Pensacola , Northampton , New Orleans , and Portland classes – which were designed after the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty , so quickly that the last design was complete before sea trial of the first were finished ...
The Portland class of heavy cruisers was a class of ships designed and constructed by the United States Navy in 1930. The two ships of the class, Portland and Indianapolis, saw extensive service during the Pacific War in World War II. Designed as a modification over the previous Northampton -class cruiser, the Portland class displaced just ...
Alaska-class cruiser. Atlanta-class cruiser. Baltimore-class cruiser. Brooklyn-class cruiser. Cleveland-class cruiser. Fargo-class cruiser. Juneau-class cruiser. New Orleans-class cruiser. Northampton-class cruiser.