USS Houston (CA-30)

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Northampton-class cruiser heavy cruiser warship

USS Houston (CA-30) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served as the flagship of the Asiatic Fleet and was sunk during the Battle of Sunda Strait in World War II.

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USS Houston (CA-30) canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Northampton-class cruiser ⓘ
heavy cruiser ⓘ
warship ⓘ
aircraftCarried floatplanes ⓘ
aircraftFacilities catapults ⓘ
armamentAntiAircraft machine guns ⓘ
armamentMain 9 × 8-inch/55 caliber guns ⓘ
armamentSecondary 8 × 5-inch/25 caliber guns ⓘ
awarded Battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ
beam 66 feet ⓘ
casualties over 600 killed ⓘ
class Northampton-class cruiser ⓘ
commanderAwarded Medal of Honor ⓘ
commissionedOn 1930-06-17 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement about 1000 officers and enlisted ⓘ
dateOfSinking 1942-03-01 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad 12200 long tons ⓘ
displacementStandard 9100 long tons ⓘ
draft 24 feet ⓘ
fate sunk in combat ⓘ
flagshipOf United States Asiatic Fleet ⓘ
followedBy USS Augusta (CA-31) ⓘ
homePortBeforeWWII Manila ⓘ
hullNumber CA-30 ⓘ
laidDownAt Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
laidDownIn Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
laidDownOn 1926-05-01 ⓘ
launchedOn 1929-09-07 ⓘ
length 600 feet ⓘ
memorialLocation Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas
memorialType naval memorial ⓘ
namedAfter Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas
notableCommander Captain Albert H. Rooks ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of the Makassar Strait ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Makassar Strait

Battle of the Sunda Strait ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Sunda Strait

Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
precededBy USS Northampton (CA-26) ⓘ
propulsion geared turbines ⓘ
oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
scrapped no ⓘ
servedAsFlagshipFrom 1941 ⓘ
servedInConflict World War II ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
surface form: World War II Pacific Theater
shaftCount 4 ⓘ
sponsoredBy Elizabeth Holcombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
sunkBy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Japanese cruisers ⓘ
Japanese destroyers ⓘ
Japanese torpedoes ⓘ
naval gunfire ⓘ
sunkInBattle Battle of the Sunda Strait ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Sunda Strait
sunkNear Sunda Strait ⓘ
sunkOffCoastOf Java ⓘ
survivorsTakenPrisonerBy Japan ⓘ
topSpeed 32 knots ⓘ
wreckLocation Java Sea ⓘ

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USS Chicago → followedBy → USS Houston (CA-30) ⓘ
Battle of the Sunda Strait → shipSunk → USS Houston (CA-30) ⓘ
Battle of the Sunda Strait → AlliedShipsInvolved → USS Houston (CA-30) ⓘ
Northampton-class cruiser → hasShip → USS Houston (CA-30) ⓘ