Photo #: 19-N-105803 USS Houston (CL-81) Damage to the ship's hull, amidships, from a Japanese aerial torpedo hit received off Formosa on 14 October 1944. The torpedo struck the ship on her bottom, inboard of the starboard bilge keel, while she was in a turn, producing the inward displacement of bottom plating seen here. Photographed in a floating drydock at Ulithi Atoll while Houston was under repair, circa November 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 147KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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11 February 2003