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19-N-106304 USS Houston (CL-81)

Photo #: 19-N-106304  USS Houston (CL-81)
Title: USS Houston (CL-81)
Description: View looking aft, showing damage to the ship's stern area resulting from a torpedo hit amidships received off Formosa on 14 October 1944. This photo was taken while Houston was under tow, but prior to the second torpedo hit on 16 October. Note OS2U floatplane that had been jarred off the port catapult, breaking its wing on impact with the aircraft crane. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: 19-N-106304
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