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CA-30 Houston
United States Navy heavy cruiser
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Northampton | 1928/05/01 Newport News Shipb. & Dry Dock Co., Newp. News | 1929/09/07 | 1930/06/17 | 1942/03/01
sunk | |
| Namesake: city in Texas | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 41: Cavite Blue, 42: Ms 1 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/07 | AsiaFlt/FltF | Iloilo, Panay Is - sail to Balikpapan > Surabaya > Port Darwin | 66 81 | ||
| 41/12/15 | Philippines - sail to Surabaya | 66 | |||
| 41/12/20 | 41/12/28 | sail from Surabaya to Port Darwin | 66 | ||
| 42/01 | 42/02/03 | 5/FF | Java Sea | ||
| 42/02/03 | 42/02/24 | CombStrFor | |||
| 42/02/04 | damage(1st kokutai) in Surabaya -No.3 turret disabled > convoy duty | 66 85 | |||
| 42/02/15 | 42/02/16 | escort reinforce convoy Surabaya > Darwin > Timor | 66 | ||
| 42/02/16 | escort -attacked by planes > return to Surabaya | ||||
| 42/02/26 | 42/02/27 | xJavaS | |||
| 42/02/28 | Tanjong Prijok - sail to Sund Strait > Ceylon | ||||
| 42/03/01 | sunk(Mikuma,Mogami) in Bantam Bay attacking transports (05-50S, 105-55E) | ||||