USS Houston (CA-30)
USS Houston was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United
States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to bear the name
"Houston". She was launched by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry
Dock Company at Newport News, Virginia on 7 September 1929. The
ship was christened by the daughter of the Houston Mayor, Elizabeth
Holcombe, and was commissioned on the 17 of June 1930,