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19-N-110859 USS Houston (CL-81)

Photo #: 19-N-110859 USS Houston (CL-81)
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Title: USS Houston (CL-81)
Description: View looking aft, showing damage to the ship's stern area resulting from a torpedo hit in the starboard quarter received off Formosa on 16 October 1944. Houston had previously been torpedoed, amidships, on 14 October and was being towed out of the area when hit by the second torpedo. Note missing aircraft hangar cover and broken aircraft crane, with severe distortion of structure to starboard. The ship's number three 6/47 triple gun turret is in the middle of the view. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: 19-N-110859
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