The USS Houston (CA-30), the second of four USS Houstons, fought during World War II in the 1942 Battle of Sunda Strait. When the USS Houston and the HMAS Perth discovered the Japanese fleet on the ...

Sixty years ago two brothers perished with 698 other sailors aboard the USS Houston off the coast of Java as the heavy cruiser charged the Japanese fleet during World War II. The funeral services for ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A retired Australian farmer from Forster has gone from outcast to hero following his discovery of an American naval treasure – a rare ...

Seventy years ago Thursday, a Japanese fleet sunk the ship off the coast of Java. The ship carried 1,068 crewmen, but only 291 sailors and Marines survived both the attack and being prisoners of war.

Out of the past comes these rare photos of the USS Houston during one of its visits to the Bayou City in the 1930s. These first two photos, graciously provided to Bayou City History by Sandra ...