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Photo # 19-N-105833:  Partially patched torpedo damage to USS Houston's stern, 1944

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USS Houston (CL-81), 1943-1961 --
Torpedoed, 14-16 October 1944 (Part II)


This page features more views related to the torpedoing of USS Houston on 14-16 October 1944.

For other photographs concerning this incident, see:

  • USS Houston (CL-81) -- Torpedoed, 14-16 October 1944.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: 80-G-373678

    USS Houston (CL-81)


    Alongside USS Hector (AR-7) at Ulithi Atoll, 1 November 1944. She was under repair after being hit by two Japanese aerial torpedos on 14 and 16 October, during operations off Formosa.
    A LCM is passing by in the foreground.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 595 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    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.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-105833

    USS Houston (CL-81)


    Damage to the ship's starboard quarter, resulting from a Japanese aerial torpedo hit received off Formosa on 16 October 1944.
    Photographed in a floating drydock at Ulithi Atoll, circa November 1944. The upper part of the torpedo hole had been partially patched when this view was made.
    Note Houston's propellers and badly distorted rudder.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-110837

    USS Houston (CL-81)


    Damage to the ship's aircraft hangar from a torpedo hit in her starboard quarter received off Formosa on 16 October 1944.
    View looks through the blown-open hangar hatch in the direction of the torpedo's impact point, showing men working in the damaged area.
    Photographed circa 27 October 1944, after Houston had been towed to Ulithi Atoll.
    Note broken aircraft crane at right, sea free-flooding into the hangar, and greatly distorted structure.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 125KB; 740 x 600 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-105849

    USS Houston (CL-81)


    Photographed circa January 1945, following temporary repair of torpedo damage received off Formosa in October 1944.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 550 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     

    For other photographs concerning this incident, see:

  • USS Houston (CL-81) -- Torpedoed, 14-16 October 1944.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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