USS Houston. |
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.
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