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USS Houston (CL-30) Probably photographed in 1930, at the time
of her completion.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 53586.
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Undated pre war Image. |
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Undated pre war image, (Very small) |
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Pre war, seen here moored at pier. |
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Undated photo of Houston at anchor, rigged for Dress Ship.
Photo is by George Winstead
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Robert M. Cieri |
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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) Photographed during the early or middle
1930s.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 53588.
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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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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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11 July 1934 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was aboard the U.S.
cruiser Houston 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 here 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 fare superior forces, the heavy cruiser became
on 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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Off Cocoanut Island, Hilo, Hawaii, 25 JUL 1934.
Photo by Tai Sing Loo.
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Robert M. Cieri |
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USS Houston entering Pearl Harbor with President
Roosevelt aboard. Probably in 1934. |
Steve Cardali |
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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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USS Houston manuevering in Pearl Harbor. Probably
in 1934. |
Steve Cardali |
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President Roosevelt, Secret Service agents and the Captain
of USS Houston. Probably in 1934. |
Steve Cardali |
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President Roosevelt and company along side of USS Houston
in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Probably in 1934. |
Steve Cardali |
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USS Houston (CA-30) At anchor off San Pedro, California, 18
April 1935. A New Orleans class heavy cruiser is in the right background.
Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National
Archives - 80-CF-21337-1.
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USS 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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Port bow view while steaming in the Willamette River, Portland,
Oregon, August 1936. |
Walter Nasmyth LST-19 |
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The USS San Francisco (CA-38)
is forward of the USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)
on the left and the USS Hoston (CA-30) is forward of the USS
Chicago (CA-29) at Mare Island Navy Yard between Nov 3rd and 5th
in 1936. U.S. Navy Photo. |
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The USS Houston (CA-30) is forward of USS
Chicago (CA-29) on 10 Sep 1940 at Mare Island Navy Yard. USS
Ramapo (AO-12) is berth 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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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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1939, in the Panama Canal heading for the Pacific. |
Bruce Constable |
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The USS Houston (CA-30) is forward of USS
Chicago (CA-29) on 10 Sep 1940 at Mare Island Navy Yard. USS
Ramapo (AO-12) is berth alongside of USS Houston and
the USS
William Ward Burrows (AP-6) and the YD-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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USS 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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USS Houston (CA-30) (right center) At Darwin, Australia, probably
on 15 or 18 February 1942. The destroyer astern of Houston may be 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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