USS Houston (CA-30)

	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.
History
United States
Name	Houston
Namesake	City of Houston, Texas
Ordered	18 December 1924
Awarded	13 June 1927
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
Cost	$10,567,000 (contract price)
Laid down	1 May 1928
Launched	7 September 1929
Sponsored by	Miss Elizabeth Holcombe
Commissioned	17 June 1930
Reclassified	CA-30, 1 July 1931
Identification	Hull symbol: CL-30; Hull symbol: CA-30; Code letters: NIQF; ;
Nickname(s)	"Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast"
Honors &; awards	2 × battle stars; 1 × Presidential Unit Citation;
Fate	Sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait, 1 March 1942
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Northampton-class cruiser
Displacement	9,050 long tons (9,195 t) (standard)
Length	600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) oa; 569 ft (173 m) pp;
Beam	66 ft 1 in (20.14 m)
Draft	16 ft 4 in (4.98 m) (mean); 23 ft (7.0 m) (max);
Installed power	8 × White-Forster boilers ; 107,000 shp (80,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 × Parsons reduction steam turbines, Curtis cruising gears; 4 × screws;
Speed	32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Range	10,000 nmi (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity	1,500 short tons (1,400 t) fuel oil
Complement	109 officers 676 enlisted
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3×3); 4 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns; 16 × 1.1 inch (28 mm)/75 caliber anti-aircraft guns; 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns; 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt: 3–3+3⁄4 in (76–95 mm); Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm); Barbettes: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm); Turrets: 3⁄4–2+1⁄2 in (19–64 mm); Conning Tower: 1+1⁄4 in (32 mm);
Aircraft carried	4 × SOC Seagull scout-observation floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × Amidship catapults
General characteristics (1942)
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3); 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns; 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns; 4 × 1.1 in (27.9 mm)/75 anti-aircraft guns; 8 × .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns;

USS Houston (CL/CA-30), was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to bear the name "Houston".

She was launched by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, on 7 September 1929, sponsored by Elizabeth Holcombe (daughter of Oscar Holcombe, then-mayor of Houston, Texas), and commissioned on 17 June 1930.

The ship was originally classified as a light cruiser (hull number CL-30) because of her thin armor. Houston was redesignated a heavy cruiser (CA-30) on 1 July 1931, as the provisions of the 1930 London Naval Treaty considered ships with 8-inch (20.3 cm) main guns to be heavy cruisers.

History
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.
United States
Name	Houston
Namesake	City of Houston, Texas
Ordered	18 December 1924
Awarded	13 June 1927
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
Cost	$10,567,000 (contract price)
Laid down	1 May 1928
Launched	7 September 1929
Sponsored by	Miss Elizabeth Holcombe
Commissioned	17 June 1930
Reclassified	CA-30, 1 July 1931
Identification	Hull symbol: CL-30 Hull symbol: CA-30 Code letters: NIQF
Nickname(s)	"Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast"
Honors & awards	2 × battle stars 1 × Presidential Unit Citation
Fate	Sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait, 1 March 1942
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Northampton-class cruiser
Displacement	9,050 long tons (9,195 t) (standard)
Length	600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) oa 569 ft (173 m) pp
Beam	66 ft 1 in (20.14 m)
Draft	16 ft 4 in (4.98 m) (mean) 23 ft (7.0 m) (max)
Installed power	8 × White-Forster boilers 107,000 shp (80,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Parsons reduction steam turbines, Curtis cruising gears 4 × screws
Speed	32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Range	10,000 nmi (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity	1,500 short tons (1,400 t) fuel oil
Complement	109 officers 676 enlisted
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3×3) 4 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns 16 × 1.1 inch (28 mm)/75 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 3–3+3⁄4 in (76–95 mm) Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm) Barbettes: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm) Turrets: 3⁄4–2+1⁄2 in (19–64 mm) Conning Tower: 1+1⁄4 in (32 mm)
Aircraft carried	4 × SOC Seagull scout-observation floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × Amidship catapults
General characteristics (1942)
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3) 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns 4 × 1.1 in (27.9 mm)/75 anti-aircraft guns 8 × .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns