Talk:USS Houston (CA-30)

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NPOV

Seriously people, this is an encyclopedia, not a propaganda piece. "A heroic champion at bay" indeed... Almost every adjective used in the last part of this article is advised against in the wiki-guidebook. Therealhazel 16:24, 19 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Granted, but the article does state This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. I've checked and this is text straight from that entry. It's kind of like objecting to the 11th Edition Britannica text not being NPOV. -- Quartermaster (talk) 00:26, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Lat/Long

Can I / should I add the latitude and longitude of the resting place? Or is that intentionally omitted? --Jhannah 13:21, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't see why not; is it a dive site? Xyl 54 09:33, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

WTF? "Of the original crew of 1,061, 368 survived." Is that a joke? 154.5.56.69 (talk) 16:18, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Two-thirds of the crew lost? I wouldn't call that a joke. 208.47.164.239 (talk) 15:48, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the article copntains lots of language ( ie the heroic discussed above) which is consistent with the desire to slant the historical facts. Most alarming is the statement about the battle being lost due to a lack of air cover - when no allied ships underwent air attacks. THe allies forces were out-thought, and out-fought. This should not detract from any apprecation of their efforts or courage, so no word smithing is needed. 165.201.140.155 (talk) 21:19, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Dr.P.

Figures discrepancy
In the Battle of Sunda Strait article, it says 696 men onboard the Houston were killed, while 368 survived, giving a total of 1064. In this article it says a total of 1061. Which is correct? Also - of the survivors - were any picked up by the Allies? Or were they all rescued and taken prisoner by the Japanese? 86.143.70.57 (talk) 08:45, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

The Houston's anti-aircraft armament
Folks, The Houston (at least CA-30) antiaircraft weapons are way wrong. With the possible exception of the dual purpose 5 inch mounts. When the war started the 20mm Oerlikon and the 40mm Bofors was just in the pre-production stage. The Oerlikon for a British contract the USN took over. The standard close in AA weapons were the 50 caliber machine gun in a special water cooled mount and the infamous and terrible 1.1 caliber cannon in quad mounts of which I have added a paragraph of four fitted to the Houston in the Philippines before the war broke out. But I can not edit the antiaircraft weapons in the armament section because I don't have the correct numbers and a reference with the exception of the four 1.1 mounts. Can anyone help? Jack --Jackehammond (talk) 15:24, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

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Ship's Bell
The ship's bell has been recovered from the sunken ship and has been polished and mounted and is on display in downtown Houston, Texas. I have seen it. ArthurTex789 (talk) 16:50, 11 March 2014 (UTC) ArthurTex789