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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 .
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.
Houston Volunteers was delivered on 28 October 1942 [10] and served in the Mediterranean during World War II. [11] On 11 November 1995, a memorial to Houston (CA-30) was dedicated near the spot where the "Houston Volunteers" were inducted. [12] The monument design features the ship’s bell, which was recovered by divers after the end of the ...
USS Houston was commissioned in 1929 and had a crew of 1,100. On 3 Nov 1941, Houston left the United States and sailed to the Philippines, arriving 19 November, to become the flagship of the United States' Asiatic Fleet. She was at sea on 7 December when the Pacific War began and spent the first two months of the war escorting convoys from ...
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.
Robert Burwell Fulton (December 22, 1910 – February 18, 2015) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1932. RADM Fulton was a survivor of the sinking of USS Houston in 1942 and was subsequently a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese.
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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 ...