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USS Houston (CA-30)

The Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast

USS Houston (CA-30) off San Diego, California, in October 1935 with President Franklin D. Roosevelt onboard. She is flying an admiral's four-star flag at her foremast peak and the Presidential flage at her mainmast. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Catalog # 53582

USS Houston, a Northampton-class light cruiser, was commissioned in June 1930. Originally designated (CL-30), she was reclassified as (CA-30) the following year. Becoming the flagship of the Asiatic Fleet in 1931, she served until November 1933 to depart and to protect U.S. interests in Chinese waters during conflict between China and Japan.

Joining the Scouting Force after her Asiatic Station tour, Houston joined the Scouting Force carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt on numerous trips and became the flagship of the United States Fleet during September–December 1938. Returning to the Asiatic Fleet in November 1940, she was ordered to Australian and Netherlands East Indies waters following the United States’ entry into war in December 1941. Houston was commanded by Captain Albert H. Rooks.

Despite an enemy bomb disabling her aft gun turret on Feb. 4, 1942, Houston remained in the area and took part in the Battle of the Java Sea on Feb. 27. Ordered from the area the following day and while steaming with the Australian light cruiser Perth, she encountered the strong Japanese force supporting an amphibious landing on western Java. Valiantly fighting against the enemy, both Houston and _Perth _were sunk by enemy gunfire and torpedoes.

“To this day, we do not know how many American Sailors went down with the Houston, but of her crew of about 1,100 only 368 survived to be captured by the Japanese. As many as 150 are known to have made it into the water alive, only to perish from wounds, drowning, exposure, washed by the current into the vast Indian Ocean, and some were machine-gunned by the Japanese in the water,” said Naval History and Heritage Command Director Sam Cox at a March 5, 2016, Memorial Service for USS Houston (CA-30). “Uncommon courage would be required even for the survivors, of whom only 291 would still be alive after three-and-a-half years of starvation, disease, torture, and forced labor in brutal Japanese prisons.”

USS Houston: The Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast

The following video chronicles the history of USS Houston (CA-30) from commissioning in 1930 to shipwreck discovery in 2014, told through on-camera interviews with Houston Survivor Howard Brooks, Naval History and Heritage Command Historian Robert Cressman and Underwater Archaeologist Alexis Catsambis, Ph.D. Share on YouTube.

Battle of Sunda Strait (taken from the Naval Heritage Command)

Captain Albert H. Rooks, commanding officer of Houston, c. 1940–1942.

Main article: Battle of Sunda Strait

Houston and Perth reached Tanjong Priok on 28 February, where they attempted to resupply, but were met with fuel shortages and no available ammunition.[15] The two cruisers were ordered to sail to Tjilatjap with Dutch destroyer Evertsen, but departed at 17:00 without Evertsen, which was delayed.[16] The Allies believed that Sunda Strait was free of enemy vessels, with the last intelligence reports indicating that Japanese warships were no closer than 50 miles (43 nmi; 80 km), but a large Japanese force had assembled at Bantam Bay.[17][16][18] At 23:06, the two cruisers were off St. Nicholas Point when lookouts on Perth sighted an unidentified ship; when it was realized that she was a Japanese destroyer, Perth engaged.[17][16] However, as this happened, multiple Japanese warships appeared and surrounded the two Allied ships.[17][16]

The two cruisers evaded the nine torpedoes launched by the destroyer Fubuki.[18] According to ABDA post-battle reports, the cruisers then reportedly sank one transport and forced three others to beach, but were blocked from passing through Sunda Strait by a destroyer squadron, and had to contend with the heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma in close proximity.[5] At midnight, Perth attempted to force a way through the destroyers, but was hit by four torpedoes in the space of a few minutes, then subject to close-range gunfire until sinking at 00:25 on 1 March.[16]

On board Houston, shells were in short supply in the forward turrets, so the crew manhandled shells from the disabled number three turret to the forward turrets. Houston was struck by a torpedo shortly after midnight, and began to lose headway.[5] Houston's gunners had scored hits on three different destroyers and sunk a minesweeper, but she was struck by three more torpedoes in quick succession.[5] Captain Albert Rooks was killed by a bursting shell at 00:30, and as the ship came to a stop, Japanese destroyers moved in, machine-gunning the decks and men in the water. A few minutes later, Houston rolled over and sank.[5] Of the 1,061 aboard, 368 survived, including 24 of the 74-man Marine Detachment, only to be captured by the Japanese and interned in prison camps. Of 368 Navy and Marine Corps personnel taken prisoner, 77 (21%) died in captivity.[19]

Aftermath

Houston's fate was not fully known by the world for almost nine months, and the full story of her last fight was not told until the survivors were liberated from prison camps at the end of the war.[5] Before then, on 30 May 1942, 1,000 new recruits for the Navy, known as the Houston Volunteers, were sworn in at a dedication ceremony in downtown Houston, to replace those believed lost on Houston. On 12 October 1942 the light cruiser Vicksburg (CL-81), then under construction, was renamed Houston in honor of the old ship, President Roosevelt declaring:

Our enemies have given us the chance to prove that there will be another USS Houston, and yet another USS Houston if that becomes necessary, and still another USS Houston as long as American ideals are in jeopardy.[20][21]

Captain Rooks received posthumously the Medal of Honor for his actions.[5] Chaplain George S. Rentz, who had surrendered his life jacket to a younger sailor after finding himself in the water, was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. He was the only Navy Chaplain to be so honored during World War II.

The crew of Houston is honored alongside that of Perth at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia, and in St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle.

The Wreck

In a training evolution conducted as part of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2014 exercise series, U.S. Navy divers, assisted by personnel from the Indonesian Navy, surveyed what they believed to be the wreck of Houston in June 2014. The purpose of the mission was to determine the vessel's condition and provide real-world training to rescue and salvage divers in maneuvering around a sunken ship. The formal report was released in August 2014 and confirmed that the wreck is indeed that of Houston. The report also stated that the wreck had suffered illegal salvage over the years, including removal of rivets and a steel plate from the hull. The investigation also recorded active oil seepage from the ship's fuel tanks.[22][23] Another survey of Houston occurred in October 2015, with United States Navy and Indonesian Navy divers embarked aboard USNS Safeguard for a nine-day survey of Houston and Perth (which had also been subject to unauthorized salvaging).[24] Divers documented the condition of the two shipwrecks, with this data presented to a conference in Jakarta on preserving and preventing the illegal salvage of wartime shipwrecks in the Java Sea.[24][25]

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SPRAGLE; GLENN W GM2c

SPRAGUE; ROBERT M CMMP

SPRAYBERRY; JAMES G SC3

STAFFORD; WILLIAM F SEA1

STAHL; JAMES C EM2c

STANDISH; WALTER GySgt

STARK; JOHN H RM2

STEVENS; WILLIAM WRIGHT EM2c

STEVENSON; HAROLD V SEA1

STEWART; GLENN S Ens

STOKER; FLOYD E EM2c

STORIE; LUTHER T CMMP

STOWER; DONALD G SEA2

STREET; RAYMOND A CYP

STURGILL; OLLIE J SEA1

SWEARINGEN; LONNIE D SEA2

SZARKE; ANDREW S SEA1

SZYMALA; VICTOR J MM2

TAI; CHI F Ck3c

TAYLOR; CECIL L SEA1

THAXTON; WILLIAM L MM3

THOMPSON; ELDRO W SEA1

THOMPSON; ROBERT B CWO

TISDALE; WILLIAM V Bkr1c

TREANOR; HALLORAN WT1

TSAO; DUCEY CK2

TSIANG; PACKSEN STM2

TSONG; HO DEE STM2

TUNG; VEN Y STM2

TURMAN; RUSSELL C Y3

TUTAS; JAMES L SEA1

TYE; LIU OS2

TYRE; ARLIE W F1c

UDITSKY; SAMUEL L WT1

UKENA; JEWEL J SK3

USTASZEWSKI; SIGMUND H PHM2

VALLIERE; HARRY F SM3

VAN DEN BERG; SUVERNS E GM2c

VAN SLYKE; RICHARD M MM3

VAN TILBURG; FRANK E SEA1

VANCIL; KENNETH A SEA2

VANDER AUWERA; ROBERT J FC3c

VAUGHAN; HOUSTON A FMSgt

VAUGHAN; JAMES H F1c

VERLEY; RALPH A EM3c

VERZWYVELT; JAMES J SEA1

VILLERS; DONALD D MUS3

VILLWOCK; HARVEY H EM3c

VIRCHOW; HARRY H GM3c

WAI; YAU STM1

WAITE; WALTER W Ens

WALCHUK; JOHN GM3c

WALDSCHMIDT; ALBERT H MM1

WALLACE; JOHN G Cox

WALLEN; RICHARD T Pvt

WALLING; NELSON C MM3

WARD; WILLARD G SF1

WARNER; JOHN C MUS2

WATKINS; CHARLES H MM2

WATT; JAMES E F2c

WEAVER; BEN E GM1c

WEAVER; CHARLES T EM2c

WEAVER; DAVID O CMMA

WEBER; EMERY M SEA1

WEIMER; ALBERT G SK2

WELLBOURN; ARTHUR F BM1c

WENHOLZ; ROY A MM2

WERNER; PAUL W GM3c

WESTERFELD; DONOVAN H CEMA

WEYGANT; ROBERT SEA1

WEYL; JOE W SEA2

WHEELER; LARKIN H SEA2

WHITE; CHARLES E SEA2

WHITE; GLEN D SEA1

WHITE; WARREN C MM2

WHITEHEAD; WALLACE A SK2

WHITNEY; GAYLORD H CM2c

WIENERT; RALPH M CEMP

WILEMON; ROY H SEA2

WILEY; GEORGE M MM1

WILLENBERG; WALTER O SEA1

WILLIAMS; ALFRED T CTCP

WILLIAMS; ARLIE SEA1

WILLIAMS; EARNEST D SEA2

WILSON; JAMES L SEA1

WILSON; OSCAR W CRMA

WILSON; PHILLIP E SEA1

WILSON; STUART S HA1c

WILSON; WAYNE L RM1

WISE; RAY H SEA2

WOLF; ADRIAN W MM3

WOLF; FRANK H GM2c

WOLFE; GLENDON R SEA2

WOLTANSKI; CHESTER A F1c

WONG; FAR ZE STM1

WOOD; SAM W CWTP

WOODRUFF; JOHN F LTJG

WOOTEN; MELVIN E SEA1

YANNUCCI; CHESTER MUS2

ZAZZARA; JAMES J SK3

ZELLER; WILLIAM L Cox

ZIMMERMAN; LEONARD SEA2

USS Houston (CA-30) sunk 1 March 1942