USN · CL
AfloatCleveland-class light cruiser, CL-81, the ship named after the heavy cruiser Houston (CA-30) was lost. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company launched her on 19 June 1943 and the Navy commissioned her on 20 December 1943. She screened the fast carriers in the Philippine Sea and was torpedoed twice off Formosa in October 1944. She was not sunk. Decommissioned 15 December 1947.
| Class | Cleveland class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Hull | CL-81 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Launched | 1943-06-19 |
| Commissioned | 1943-12-20 |
| Fate | Afloat. Decommissioned at Philadelphia on 15 December 1947 and placed in reserve. Stricken on 1 March 1959 and scrapped. Three battle stars. Not sunk. |
| Armament (class) | Four triple 6-inch turrets and two funnels. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Houston (CL-81) off Norfolk, Virginia (USA), on 12 January 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 1d. U.S. Navy photo 80-G-214200 Public domain.
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Command
Dietrich, Neil KittrellCaptain from 21 June 1946Relieved on 30 January 1947KMMcManes, Kenmore MathewCaptain from 30 January 1947Relieved on 15 December 1947Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · Screened the fast carriers on 19 June 1944; her antiaircraft fire helped break up the Japanese raids; not sunk
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