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19-N-105803 USS Houston (CL-81)

Photo #: 19-N-105803 USS Houston (CL-81)
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Title: USS Houston (CL-81)
Description: 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.
Catalog #: 19-N-105803
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