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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.
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CA-29 Mare Island Naval Shipyard: 10 September 1928 10 April 1930 9 March 1931 — Sunk during the Battle of Rennell Island, 30 January 1943 Houston: CA-30 Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company: 1 May 1928 7 September 1929 17 June 1930 Sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait, 1 March 1942 Augusta: CA-31 2 July 1928 1 February 1930 30 ...
Photo shows sailors watching as the USS Stewart was sunk on May 24 1946 (US Navy/National Archives) Then, when the war ended, the warship was found afloat in Kure, Japan, and was recommissioned ...
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 ...
The remains of the century-old Navy destroyer USS Stewart were found some 3,500 feet deep on the ocean floor in the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary – about 50 miles from San Francisco ...
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 ...