uss houston heavy cruiser

silhouette line drawing of uss houston
a famous ship and preferred ride of Secretary of the Navy Franklin D Roosevelt and later President Roosevelt hitched a ride too



USS Houston (CA-30) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy.
Displacement: 9,050 tons
Length: 600 ft 3 in (183.0 m)
Beam: 66 ft 1 in (20.1 m)
Draft: 16 ft 4 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion: Steam Turbines, 8 Boilers, 4 Shafts, 107,000 SHP
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)
Complement: 1020-1155 officers and enlisted
Armament: As built:
9 × 8 inch gun triple turret
4 × 5 inch/25 (127 mm)[1] (4 × 1)
8 × 50 cal. machine guns (8 × 1)
6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 4 aircraft, 2 catapults