Photo #: NH 98826
USS Houston (CL-81)
Japanese aerial torpedo hits the ship's starboard quarter, during
the afternoon of 16 October 1944. This view shows burning fuel
at the base of the torpedo explosion's water column.
Houston had been torpedoed amidships on 14 October, while
off Formosa, and was under tow by USS Pawnee (ATF-74)
when enemy torpedo planes hit her again.
USS Canberra (CA-70), also torpedoed off Formosa, is under
tow in the distance.
The original photograph is in the USS Santa Fe (CL-60)
"Log", a very large photo album held by the Navy Department
Library.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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