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CL-81 Houston II
United States Navy light cruiser
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Cleveland | 1941/08/04 Newport News Shipb. & Dry Dock Co., Newp. News | 1943/06/19 | 1943/12/20 | 1959/03/01
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| Camouflage: 43: Ms 21, 43-44: Ms 32/1d, 45: Ms 22 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/04/16 | 44/05/06 | sail from Boston to P.H. via Panama Canal and San Diego | 66 | ||
| 44/05 | joinPac | ||||
| 44/05/08 | 44/05/12 | CruDiv14 | tactical and gunnery exercises out of P.H. (with Vincennes II, Yarnal and Stockham) | 125 | |
| 44/05/31 | arrived Majuro | 66 | |||
| 44/06/06 | 44/08 | Forage | 58.4/CruDiv14 | ||
| 44/06/19 | Forage | 58.4/CruDiv14 | xPhilip | ||
| 44/06/26 | Forage | 58.4/CruDiv14 | shell Guam, Rota | 66 | |
| 44/08/11 | Eniwetok | 88 | |||
| 44/08/26 | 44/10/14 | King2 | 38.1/CruDiv10 | 104 | |
| 44/10/14 | King2 | 38.1/CruDiv10 | disable(torpedo) off Formosa (22-27N, 124-01E) | 66 | |
| 44/10/14 | 44/10/27 | King2 | 30.3.1 | retreat from Luzon to Ulithi | 66 |
| 44/10/16 | King2 | 30.3.1 | damaged by torpedo (20-54N, 125-09E) | ||
| 44/10/27 | King2 | Ulithi - sail for repairs to Manus > P.H. > USA | |||
| 44/10/27 | 44/12/20 | Ulithi - temporary repairs | 66 | ||
| 44/11 | repairs until end of war | ||||
| 44/12/20 | 45/03/24 | sail Ulithi > Manus > New York Naval Shipyard | 66 | ||
| 45/03/24 | 45/10 | NYNY - repairs | 66 | ||
| 47/12/15 | decomm | ||||