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Houston

Ship Designation: 
CL-81
Date Lost: 
Saturday, October 14, 1944
Air Attack near Formosa
In a devastating 3 days of attacks, naval air forces did much to destroy Formosa as a Japanese support base. Japanese forces retaliated with heavy and repeated land-based aircraft attacks. Houston splashed four aircraft in one attack on 12 October, and helped repel another attack next day, in which Canberra suffered damage. Taking Canberras old station 14 October, Houston and other ships met another heavy raid. Three of the attackers were shot down but a fourth's torpedo hit her engine room, causing loss of power. 52 crew members were killed in the incident.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 53

Namesort descending Service Branch
MM 2c Rock Remy USN
F 1c Frank Safko USN
EM 2c Franklin Sears USN
WT 2c Omer Shaw USN
MM 2c Leonard Staniorski USN
BM 1c Francis Steenberg USN
Cox Ray Swain USN
MM 3c Ralph Thompson USN
PhM 3c Harmon Tucker USN
F 1c William Walsh USN
F 1c Artman Welke USN
MM 3c Melvin Whitacre USN
F 2c Eugene Woodard USN

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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN (Ret.)