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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. The start of the war led to the dissolution of the treaty system, but the ...
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.
It is called the lost battalion because the fate of the men was unknown to the United States until September 1944. They were prisoners of war for 42 months until the end of World War II. 534 soldiers from the battalion and 368 survivors of Houston were taken prisoner. Most of the men were sent to Thailand to work on the Burma Railway, the ...
collier. 21 March 1945. 17 May 1945. Sold private 1947 and became the Malden. In 1964 the Malden was cut down in New Orleans to become the Eastern 3, a barge, and was used as a dock in Sept Iles, Quebec. [2][3] As of 2013/2014 the hull has been beached and is visible on Google Earth. [4] SS Belgian Tenacity.
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]
This category is for naval ships designed, built, or operated by the United States during World War II (1939–1945).
Ships for victory: a history of shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II [28] Concrete ship. 265-foot BCL (barge, concrete, large) Type B Concrete Barge [29] 5 Builders of Concrete Ships [30] Design MC B7-D1, 2 ships for US Army [31] World War II in the Pacific Concrete Ships [32] Concrete Ship hulks [33]