USS Houston (CL-81)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Houston_%28CL-81%29
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:armament 16 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
20 × 20 mm guns
40 × 40 mm guns
12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
gptkbp:displacement 12,000 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Houston (CL-81)
gptkbp:length 610 ft (190 m)
gptkbp:nickname The Fighting Houston
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Salem_(CA-139)
gptkb:USS_Macon_(CA-132)
gptkb:USS_Rochester_(CA-124)
gptkb:USS_Santa_Fe_(CL-60)
gptkb:USS_Albany_(CA-123)
gptkb:USS_Birmingham_(CL-62)
gptkb:USS_Chicago_(CA-136)
gptkb:USS_Columbia_(CL-56)
gptkb:USS_Columbus_(CA-74)
gptkb:USS_Denver_(CL-58)
gptkb:USS_Des_Moines_(CA-134)
gptkb:USS_Montpelier_(CL-57)
gptkb:USS_New_Orleans_(CA-32)
gptkb:USS_Newport_News_(CA-148)
gptkb:USS_Pensacola_(CA-24)
gptkb:USS_Salt_Lake_City_(CA-25)
gptkb:USS_St._Paul_(CA-73)
gptkb:USS_Toledo_(CA-133)
gptkb:USS_Little_Rock_(CL-92)
gptkb:USS_Wichita_(CA-45)
gptkb:USS_Atlanta_(CL-51)
gptkb:USS_Buffalo_(CL-99)
gptkb:USS_Cleveland_(CL-55)
gptkb:USS_Galveston_(CL-93)
gptkb:USS_Helena_(CL-50)
gptkb:USS_Juneau_(CL-52)
gptkb:USS_Nashville_(CL-43)
gptkb:USS_Providence_(CL-82)
gptkb:USS_San_Diego_(CL-53)
gptkb:USS_St._Louis_(CL-49)
gptkb:USS_San_Francisco_(CA-38)
gptkb:USS_Mobile_(CL-63)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Asiatic_Fleet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6