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SPONSOR AND MAID FOR CEREMONY
Miss Elisazeth Holcombe, left, daughter of former Mayor and Mrs. George F. Holcombe of Houston, will
be sponsor at the christening and launching of the Houston (CL 30) at Newport News, Va„ September
7. Miss Mary Ellen Bute, right, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James House Bute of Houston, will be maid of honor. Governor Dan Moody will head the Texas party attending by special Southern Pacific train. | Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX.
Photo from Brownsville Herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 25 August 1929, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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FOR TEXAS Left to right. Mavor Monticth of Houston, Texas, Mary Ellen Bute, Governor Harp, Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia, Elizabeth Holcombe, Sponsor, Judge W. O. Huggins, Editor ot a Houston newspaper, and Miss Charlotte Williams, great grand daughter of Colonel Sam Houston, pictured at the launching of U S Navy cruiser Houston (CL 30). A large delegation from Texas witnessed the launching of the $17,000,000 craft. | Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from New Britain Herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 10 September 1929, Second Section, Image 18, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Houston (CL 30), preparing to slide down the ways on
7 September 1929 at Newport News. |
William Baxter |
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Houston (CL 30) being launched
at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News,
Virginia, on 7 September 1929. |
Michael Mohl |
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Houston (CL 30) as launched, September 1929. Colorized photo. Collection of Texas Commandery, US Naval Order. |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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Houston (CL 30) starboard
stern, shown after launching at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, on 1 October 1929. |
Michael Mohl |
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Houston (CL 30) starboard bow
after launching at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company,
Newport News, Virginia, on 11 October 1929. |
Michael Mohl |
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| View of the Augusta's (CA 31) launching, at Newport News Shipbuilding and dry dock Company, Norfolk, Virginia, on 1 February 1930. Note USS Houston (CA 30) in background (upper right ) fitting out in the same yard. |
Photo 80-CF-21338-7 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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Although it is slightly dim, the picture of the
flag-raising on HOUSTON (CL 30) at her commissioning ceremony at the Norfolk Navy Yard
(location correccton by Brian Baird) on 17 June 1930 is the only one I have ever seen.
On the back in green ink--such as used in an official log--is
written: "When Old Glory first flew over the HOUSTON". Don Kehn,
Jr. Collection |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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Port bow view while underway, date and location unknown.
U.S. Navy photo.
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Ron Titus |
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USS Houston (CA 30) pre-war postcard. From
the Otto Schwarz Collection. |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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USS Houston (CA 30) berth at Pearl Harbor
Pre-WWII. |
Darryl Baker |
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USS Houston (CA 30) in the Houston Ship Channel, 20
October 1930, on her first visit to her namesake city. From the
Otto Schwarz Collection. |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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Overhead view of Houston at sea, ca. early
1930s. From the Otto Schwarz Collection |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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Houston (CA 30) at sea February 1931. From the collection of Texas Commandery, US Naval Order. USN photo #409986 |
Don Kehn |
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Houston at Manila, P. L., 26 February 1931. | Photo 80-CF-21337-2 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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Asiatic Fleet’s Flagship Dispatched To War-Torn City
It was the huge map of China which Stanley Hornbeck, head of the Far Eastern division of the state department, is shown bearing to the White House, that President Hoover and other high officials studied at their important conference on the Chincse-Japanese crisis. From this meeting developed orders to send additional troops and marines from Manila to Shanghai for protection of American residents of the Chinese city.
Sailing at the head of six destroyers, the U. S. Cruiser Houston (CA 30) (shown above), flagship of the Asiatic fleet, left Manila for war-stricken Shanghai to aid in protecting American citizens imperiled by Japanese-Chinese conflict. Rear Admiral Montgomery Taylor was aboard. The
Houston carries 53 officers and 512 men, with nine eight-inch guns, four five-inch anti-aircraft guns, two triple torpedo tubes, and four aircraft. | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from Imperial Valley Press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 16 February 1932, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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USS Houston (CA 30) shown at Shanghai 4 Fenruary 1932.
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Darryl Baker |
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USS
Jason is off in the left distance as a Vought O2U-3
or O2U-4 Corsair float plane of Scouting Squadron Eleven
is catapulted from USS Houston (CA 30), in Far Eastern
waters, circa 1931-1932.
US Navy photo # NH 94188 from the collections of the US Naval
History and Heritage Command, collection of Lieutenant Oscar W.
Levy, USN (Supply Corps), (Retired).
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Robert Hurst |
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USS Houston (CA 30) The ship's starboard 5"/25 guns in
action, during anti-aircraft battle practice off Chefoo, China,
1932-33.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 53590.
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USNHC |
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USS Houston (CA 30) At Tsingtao, China, on 4 July 1933,
"dressed overall" for the holiday. She is flying the four-star
flag of Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor, Commander in Chief Asiatic
Fleet, at her forepeak. Courtesy of Chief Radioman W.R. Lucas,
USN (Retired), 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 78368.
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USNHC |
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Uncle Sam’s bluejackets see more than the ocean. The crew of the cruiser Houston (CA 30) crowds all available space on the deck and gun turrets to be entertained by a troupe of Japanese geisha dancers. The big time was had when the ship called at a Japanese port recently. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 27 August 1933, Image 82, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Port bow view while moored, possibly at Long Beach,
ca. early 1934. From the collection of Otto Schwarz. |
Don Kehn Jr. |
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Cruiser Houston Carrying President on His Hawaii Cruise
When President Roosevelt boards the cruiser Houston (CA 30) for his long trip to Hawaii he’ll be given quarters and conveniences that befit the Commander in Chief of the Navy. These scenes aboard the Houston show (above, at left) the Presidential bedroom; (below) the combination living-room, dining room-office and the desk at which he will transact business. Just above you see the two boats to be used on the trip. The one at left is for ship to shore conveyance, the other for fishing. | Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX.
Photo from Brownsville Herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 26 June 1934, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Presidential Ship Begins Long Cruise
Extraordinary view of New York skyline is provided by this photo of Cruiser Houston (CA 30) leaving the harbor for Annapolis to take aboard President Roosevelt for a cruise to Atlantic and Pacific U. S. and foreign ports. Picture was made with infra-red plate by Artist-Photographer Samuel Schulman. | Image and text provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC.
Photo from Henderson Daily Dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 28 June 1934, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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11 July 1934, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was aboard
the U.S. cruiser Houston (CA 30) as it transited the Panama
Canal en route from Annapolis, Maryland, to Portland,
Oregon. This was the first passage through the canal by a
president of the United States while in office. Military
honors were rendered at Miraflores as the warship paused before
locking down to the Pacific. The Houston had
embarked Roosevelt and his party at Annapolis on July 1st,
proceeding to the canal via Cape Haitien, Mayaguez, San Juan,
St. Thomas, St. Croix, and Cartagena. After a day tour at
Balboa on the 12th, the president re-embarked the Houston, and
the cruiser got under way at 5:30 p.m. for Portland via Cocos
Island and Honolulu. While in office, President Roosevelt
was to make four more visits to Panama, two aboard the Houston
in 1935 and 1938 and two aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa
in 1940. The Houston, launched by Newport News
Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. in 1929, made her final transit
of the canal in 1939. A year later the ship was posted to
the Philippines as flagship of the Asiatic Fleet.
Following several combat actions against the Japanese during the
first few weeks of World War II, the Houston was lost in
the Battle of the Java Sea in late February 1942. Having
battles against far superior forces, the heavy cruiser became
one of the most honored ships of the war, winning two battle
stars and a Presidential Unit Citation.
Photo and narration from the book Ships of The Panama Canal, by
James L. Shaw
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Michael Mohl |
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Where President Will Sleep and Work on Cruise to Hawaii
The Navy cruiser Houston (CA 30), following final touches of overhauling in the Navy Yards at Brooklyn, was prepared for the present trip of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Hawaii. At the left is the private desk and couch in the room which is fitted up as the President’s office. At the right are two of the boats which the President will use. The one on the left is for fishing and the one on the right is the Presidential barge. Center above is the Houston as seen through one of her own life preservers. Below is Capt. Walter B. Woodson of the Houston, who has the responsibility of taking the President on the cruise.(Associated Press Photo) | Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo from The Daily Alaska Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 03 July 1934, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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USS Houston (CA 30) transits the Panama Canal with
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidential party on 11 July 1934
en route from Annapolis, Maryland to Portland, Oregon. This was
the first passage through the canal by a president of the United
States while in office.
U.S. Navy photo. This Image was released by the United States
Navy with the ID 140609-N-ZZ999-004
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Robert Hurst |
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Off Cocoanut Island, Hilo, T.H., 25 July 1934.
Photo by Tai Sing Loo.
|
Robert M. Cieri |
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2.80k | Aloha Flight, Arrivial of President Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard the Houston (CA 30) in Honolulu. | Record Group 18: Records of the Army Air Forces Series: "Airscapes" of American and Foreign AreasFile Unit: Hawaii - Honolulu
National Archives Identifier:23939161
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov |
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Houston (CA 30) 20 August 1934, arriving in
Honolulu Harbor, T.H. with President F.D. Roosevelt
onboard.
National Archives photo #23939159 |
David Upton |
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Turning in Pearl Harbor, 1934.
Photo by Tai Sing Loo.
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Robert M. Cieri |
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President Roosevelt speaking to Naval Cadets at
Pearl Harbor. Probably in 1934. |
Steve Cardali |
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President Roosevelt, Secret Service agents and the
Captain of Houston (CA 30). Probably in 1934. |
Steve Cardali |
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President Roosevelt and company along side of
Houston (CA 30) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Probably in 1934. |
Steve Cardali |
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1.63k | Model of Houston (CA 30). | Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of ShipsSeries: Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels
National Archives Identifier:7577851
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov |
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PRESIDENT BOARDS CRUISER HOUSTON AT SAN DIEGO
President Roosevelt is shown as he boarded the heavy cruiser Houston (CA 30) at San Diego CA., from which he viewed tactical exercises off the coast. Following the fleet maneuvers, the first to be executed in the presence of a president of the United States, the Houston headed toward Panama on the chief executive’s vacation cruise. (Associated Press Photo) | Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections
Photo from The Daily Alaska Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964,11 October 1935, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Houston (CA 30) off San Diego, California, in
October 1935, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on board. She
is flying an admiral's four-star flag at her foremast peak, and
the Presidential flag at her mainmast peak.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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USN |
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Houston (CA 30) off San Diego, California, in
October 1935, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on board. She
is flying an admiral's four-star flag at her foremast peak, and
the Presidential flag at her mainmast peak.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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John Spivey |
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The USS San Francisco (CA 38)
is forward of the USS Tuscaloosa
(CA 37) on the left and the Houston (CA 30)
is forward of the USS Chicago (CA
29) at Mare Island Navy Yard between the 3rd and 5th
of November 1936.
U.S. Navy Photo.
|
Darryl Baker |
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Houston (CA 30) at Mare Island on 10
September 1937. |
Darryl Baker |
1938 Presidential Cruise
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A collection of Houston (CA 30) photos, documents and pillow shams from the Presidential cruise of 1938. They were from C.M. Stuart, WT2c who is listed as crew on page 73 of the Presidential Cruise booklet of 1938. He was also crew of the 1939 Presidential cruise. | Image and text provided from the collection of his daughter Carolyn Stuart Dorval. |
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President's Fishing Crew Waits for Order to "Cast Off"
ARCH SCOTT, BILL HOWARD AND JIM RUSSELL (L-R.) Getting Gear Shipshape for Public Angler No. 1 Are Crew Members of Houston (CA 30), Off San Francisco | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The Washington Times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 14 July 1938, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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United States Battle Fleet Is Reviewed by President Roosevelt
This was the scene in San Francisco Bay as President Roosevelt review td the U. S. Fleet at the climax of a busy day that saw him tour the Bay Area, visit Treasure Island, scene of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. In the lower left is the Houston (CA 30), the reviewing ship, steaming past some cf the 66 ships reviewed. |
Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo from The Daily Alaska Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 26 July 1938, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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453k | President Franklin D. Roosevelt with a Shark he Caught on a Cruise on the Houston (CA 30), 1 August 1938. | Collection FDR-Photos: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Photographs: Series: Photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Identifier:6728537
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov |
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Houston (CA 30) in the Gatun Locks, Panama Canal, 5 August 1938, with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt bidding farewell to Panama's President F. H. Arosemena before sailing on the cruiser. Roosevelt is in the automobile just to the left of the catapult. The destroyer USS McDougal (DD 358) is in the right background. Panoramic photograph by H. L. Brazeal, FT. Davis, CZ. Donation of Captain J. A. Barker, USN (Ret), 1983. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 95257. |
Robert Hurst |
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Photo caption: "(Ny-14) AT SEA WITH FLEET-----AFTER
THE HOUSTON "WENT DOWN "---This photo of the
Houston (CA 30), cruiser that carried President Roosevelt to the
Caribbean war games, was released today by the Navy Department.
Later, Admiral William D. Leahy disclosed that the Houston
was theoretically sunk by an "enemy" submarine earlier in the game
in the vicinity of the Virgin Islands. This photo was made from
the Aircraft Carrier Lexington.
(c31720) APWIREPHOTO SEE STORY" |
Jonathan Eno |
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Photo caption: "CTN-I- Charleston S.C. March
3---PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ARRIVES AT CHARLESTON------Naval officers
salute their chief as he arrives aboard the cruiser Houston (CA 30) today
after viewing the Naval war games in the Caribbean Sea." |
Jonathan Eno |
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Houston (CA 30) circa 1938 location
unknown. |
Darryl Baker |
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1939, in the Panama Canal heading for the Pacific. |
Bruce Constable |
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Moored in Hawaii during her time in the so-called
"Hawaiian Detachment" (1939). Don Kehn, Jr. Collection via Otto
Schwarz |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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Departing the Lahaina Roads anchorage for her final
stateside refit in 1940. She has received her upgraded MK19
directors & extra 5" guns but no tubs for 3"/50 cal or 1.1"
mounts. From the Otto Schwarz Collection. |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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The Houston (CA 30) is forward of USS
Chicago (CA 29) on 10 September 1940 at Mare Island
Navy Yard. USS
Ramapo (AO 12) is berthed alongside of USS
Houston and the USS
William Ward Burrows (AP 6) and the YD
33 (150 ton crane) are alongside of USS Chicago.
NARA San Francisco, Mare Island Navy Shipyard Ship Files
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Tracy White |
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A view of the Mast in the Wardroom.
National Archives, Seattle Branch, Record Group 181.
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Tracy White |
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The Houston (CA 30) is forward of USS
Chicago (CA 29) on 10 September 1940 at Mare Island
Navy Yard. USS
Ramapo (AO 12) is berthed alongside of USS
Houston and the USS
William Ward Burrows (AP 6) and theYD
33 (150 ton crane) are alongside of USS Chicago.
In this picture there is a good view of the AA guns added to the
Chicago's aft deck house.
U.S. Navy Photo.
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Darryl Baker |
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relieving USS
Augusta (which is in the background) as Asiatic Fleet
flagship, November 1940. From the Otto Schwarz Collection. |
Don Kehn |
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Party for crew of Houston (CA 30), 23
November 1940, in the Philippines. From the Otto Schwarz
Collection. |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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Houston (CA 30) In Manila Bay, Philippine Islands,
in 1940-41, after her final modifications. Courtesy of Robert I.
Martin, 1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 81592.
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USNHC |
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Curtiss SOC-3 "Seagull" floatplanes sitting on the
catapults. The ships band on the hanger deck. January 1942, while
operating out of Darwin, Australia. |
David Upton |
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"HOUSTON (CA 30) at Tjilatjap, Java, February 1942,
as seen from USS MARBLEHEAD (CL 12). The damage to HOUSTON's
aft gunhouse may not appear dramatic, but almost six dozen men
were killed & wounded. The armored cover to her turret
rangefinder has been blown off in the blast along with the outer
doors. Outlines of life-rafts that were destroyed are evident in
the paint atop the turret. Over 200 small fragments perforated
the side of the gunhouse itself, which led to the fires which
gutted the interior and killed most of the turret's gun crew.
The turret was already trained out at 30 degrees when the bomb
struck, and the damage froze it temporarily in that position."
NARA II photo from Marblehead's Action Reports
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Robert C. Stern & Don Kehn, Jr. |
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Houston (CA 30) (right center) at Darwin, Australia,
probably on 15 or 18 February 1942. The destroyer astern of
Houston is the USS
Peary (DD 226). Among the ships in the background,
to the left, are HMAS Terka and the SS Zealandia.
The donor was on board HMAS Tolga, then used as a water
carrier for ships in Darwin harbor. Courtesy of Arthur W.
Thomas.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 43649.
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USNHC/Bruce Constable |
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Looking from the Australian Corvette, HMAS Warrnambool (J
202), towards the Houston (CA 30) (right),
with the USS
Peary (DD 226) along side in early February, 1942.
Australian War Memorial, Photo #P05303.011
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Mike Green |
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Japanese propaganda postcard of the sinking of
Houston (CA 30) in March 1942. |
Arnold Putnam |
0403057 |
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Wartime Japanese propaganda postcard showing the bombing of Houston (CA 30) and Marblehead (CL 12), 4 February 1942, only ID'd as an Augusta-class and Tromp-class cruiser. |
Don Kehn |
0403059 |
1.46k | Painting by Joe T. Fleischman of Houston (CA 30) sinking in the battle of Sunda Strait, 1 March 1942. | Photo NH 93153 courtesy of history.navy.mil |
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Mother Still Hopeful Son on Houston (CA 30) Is Safe
Billy Hutchinson Wrote Her" Nov. 10; Sent Photo Album.
P.S. He wasn't, & died on 7/5/43 POW-80 Kilo Camp, Burma Dysentery. | Image and text provided by Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library.
Photo from Detroit Evening Times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 15 March 1942, FINAL, Image 14, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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SEVEN FOR ONE
The destroyer escort ship Keith (DE-241) and six others were launched here yesterday in the presence of Secretary of the Navy Knox as a part of the replacement campaign for the cruiser Houston (CA 30). The Houston was sunk bv Jap ships the night of 28 February off St. Nicholas in Sunda Strait, Java.
A.P. Wirephoto. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 22 December 1942, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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IF JAPS HARM HER SON
Mrs. Eva Feuchack of Jersey City. N. J., is confident that her five other son's in service will avenge their brother. Mrs. Feuchak, pictured with her granddaughter in her Jersey City home, is shown looking at pictures of her six sons who are the service. One son, Steve, a sailor, has been missing since the sinking of the U. S. cruiser Houston (CA 30) in the Battle of the Java Sea. 21 February 1942, and is believed to be a prisoner of the Japanese.
P.S. He was, & died of a heart attack in 1962). | Image and text provided by Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library.
Photo from The Ypsilanti Daily Press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 03 February 1944, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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SURVIVORS OF HOUSTON ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON
LONG BELIEVED DEAD after the Houston (CA 30) (torpedoed and sunk by the Japs) was lost to our ken in the Pacific, thirteen surviving crew members are shown on their arrival in Washington, D. C., after recently being freed from a Jap prison camp. They are (front, 1. to r.): Comdr. William A. Epstein, Denver, Colo.; Lt. H. S. Hamlin, Orlando, Fla.; Ensign John Hamill, Tulsa, Okla.; Ensign John Nelson, Orange, Tex.; Ensign Charles D. Smith, Memphis, Tenn.; GM 1/C Rollee Yarbro, Marathon, Tex.; Sp. 3/C Cal Back, Mansfield, Tex.; Seaman 1/C Matthew Marinos, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Seaman 1/C Edward Templeman, Santa Crux, Calif.; and Seaman 1/C Eugene Lehnoff, St Louis, Mo. The three men standing in the rear are (1, to r.): Fireman 1/C Valdon S. Roberts of Smiley, Texas; Seaman 1/C William Meissinger of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Charles L. Thomas, whose home is in Seagraves, Texas. International Soundohpto. | Image and text provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC.
Photo from The Wilmington Morning Star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 14 September 1945, Image 13, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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Hometown Boy Met President Truman
Chief musician Albert M. Kelly of Independence, Mo., was on hand to lead the ComDesLant Band when it welcomed Independence born President Harry S. Truman through the Caroline Street gates of the Naval Station Friday. Kelly, who has served 20 years in the Navy, lives at 914 South Liberty Street in Independence. A “good Democrat like the rest of his family,” Kelly spent 3 & 1/2 years in a Japanese prison camp in Singapore during World War II following the sinking of his ship, the Cruiser Houston (CA 30). He is also a veteran of nine months of Korean action which included both the Inchon and Wonsan landings. Kelly, who can remember Mr. Truman from away back when, considered it quite an honor to be able to play for the Chief Executive. | Image and text provided by University of Florida.
Photo from The Key West Citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 11 March 1952, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
