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Jan. 1,
1927:
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First meeting of Original
Cruiser Houston Committee, Houston, Texas.
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| Sept. 1, 1927: |
Naming of the U.S.S. Houston
by Secretary of the Navy, Curtis D. Wilbur
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| May 1, 1928: |
Laying of keel of U.S.S.
Houston, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News,
Virginia.
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| Sept. 1, 1929: |
Launching of U.S.S. Houston
(CA-30). Viriginia Governor Harry F. Byrd serves as Master of Ceremonies.
Elisabeth Holcombe, daughter of Houston's mayor, serves as sponsor, with
Mary Ellen Bute, also of Houston, as maid of honor.
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| Sept. 9, 1929: |
Selection of Silver
Service. |
| June 17, 1930: |
U.S.S. Houston officially
placed in commission.
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| Oct. 25, 1930: |
U.S.S. Houston makes first
visit to City of Houston.
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| Feb. 15, 1932: |
U.S.S. Houston in midst of
severe shelling of Shanghai, China.
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| July 1, 1934: |
President Franklin Roosevelt
takes his first cruise on the U.S.S. Houston.
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| Sept. 11, 1934: |
Second visit of the U.S.S.
Houston to the City of Houston.
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| Oct. 2, 1935: |
Second cruise by President
Roosevelt aboard the U.S.S. Houston.
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| July 16, 1938:
| Third cruise by President
Roosevelt aboard the U.S.S. Houston.
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| Feb. 18, 1949:
| Fourth cruise by Preident
Roosevelt aboard the U.S.S. Houston.
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| Apr. 7, 1939:
| Third and final visit of the
U.S.S. Houston to the City of Houston.
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| May 31, 1940:
| U.S.S. Houston is made
flagship of the Asiatic Fleet.
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| Dec. 8, 1941:
| U.S.S. Houston, following the
attack on Pearl Harbor, is ordered to sail from the Phillipine Islands and
join ABDA (American-British-Dutch-Australian Naval Forces) to raid and
destroy Japanese Naval units in the China Sea and Southwest Pacific
area.
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| Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 1942:
| Sinking of the U.S.S.
Houston, Battle of Sunda Strait. Of the over 1,000 men on the ship, only
368 survive the battle and the sinking of the U.S.S. Houston. These men
are placed in prisoner of war camps throughout Southeast
Asia.
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| May 30, 1942:
| One thousand Houston
volunteers are sworn into the Navy by Rear Admiral William Glassford, to
replace the thousand men lost on the U.S.S. Houston.
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| Dec. 21, 1942:
| The Harris County War Bond
Drive raises over $85 million to replace the U.S.S. Houston as well as an
aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. San Jacinto.
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| June 19, 1943:
| The U.S.S. Houston (CL-81) is
launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News,
Virginia.
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| Aug. 1945: |
Surviving crew members from
the U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) are liberated from P.O.W. camps in Southeast
Asia.
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