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Houston

Ship Designation: 
CA-30
Date Lost: 
Sunday, March 1, 1942
Battle at Sunda Strait
Houston in company with HMAS Perth and HMS Exeter depart Priok and at 2300 in the vicinity of Sunda Strait encounter a Japanese landing force taking them under fire and causing wide spread damage to 4 loaded Japanese transports. Japanese battle force comprised of two heavy cruisers, one light cruiser and 10 destroyers close in on the Houston force. ... One of 8 torpedoes launched from the Japanese forces strikes Houston. At 0015 Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma finds Houston with its 8” guns ripping into the after engine room killing the entire engine room crew. ... Turret 2 hit by enemy gunfire which starts fire in magazine; fire progresses to small arms magazine and to Turret magazine. At 0033 with the ship sinking, the order to abandon ship is given. While abandoning ship Japanese continue to shell and send torpedoes into her hull. At 0045 Houston sinks. ... Of the crew less than half make it into the water in Sunda Strait. Many of Houston’s survivors were captured and interred in Japanese prisons until the conclusion of WWII

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 632

Name Service Branchsort descending
MM 2c Richard Vanslyke USN
Sea 1c Frank Vantilburg USN
GM 2c Suverns Vandenberg USN
Sea 2c Kenneth Vancil USN
FC 3c Robert Vanderauwera USN
PhM 2c Sigmund Ustaszewski USN
SM 3c Harry Valliere USN
SK 3c Jewel Ukena USN
WT 1c Samuel Uditsky USN
OStd 2c Liu Tye USN
F 1c Arlie Tyre USN
Sea 1c James Tutas USN
Matt 2c Ho Tsong USN
Matt 2c Packsen Tsiang USN
Ck 2c Ducey Tsao USN
Y 3c Russell Turman USN
Matt 2c Ven Tung USN
Bkr 1c William Tisdale USN
WT 1c Halloran Treanor USN
Sea 2c Donald Stower USN

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