Houston

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Type	Heavy Cruiser
Class	Northampton
Nation	United States
Voice	Felecia Angelle
Level 1 HP	9006
Level 1 Weight Cap	1814
Vestures to Rescue	33 (30)
Traits	Tough Reliable

Shot down four planes in the Makassar Strait. While retreating from the Java Sea, she and Perth were surrounded in the Sunda Strait and died fighting early on 1 March 1942. The full events were not known until the survivors were liberated from prison camps at the end of the war.

— In-game description

Houston is an American Belle available at the start of the game, September '39

Vestures

Vesture Type	Vesture Name	XP	Stat 1	Stat 2
Accoutrement	Ranger Star	1100	Gun Damage: LB3	None
Good Luck Charm	Harmonica	1100	Gun AA Chance: MB2	None
Honor	Purple Heart	1100	Crit Defense: Barbette Flood	None
Library	Duval, The Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace	400	Gun AA Damage: MB1	None
Music	William J Marsh, "Texas Our Texas"	400	Torpedo Dud Rate: TB1	None
Recreation	Beer from Shiner, Texas	400	Gun Mount Weight: LB2	None

Where Vestures Drop

Campaign Maps are permanent. Event Maps may no longer be available, see their active dates. An Event Map with no dates lacks start/end data.

HQ Level	Map Name	Map Type	Start	End
35	The Panama Intercept	Campaign Map	N/A	N/A
50	Well-Oiled Machines	Campaign Map	N/A	N/A
100	The Gulf of California	Campaign Map	N/A	N/A
60	The Sun Won't Rise for San Diego	Event Map	2023-04-08	2023-04-24
70	The Maui Channel Bridge	Event Map	2023-05-09	2023-05-24
80	Morgana's Night Out	Event Map	2023-03-09	2023-03-24
95	They Nest in Davao Gulf	Event Map	2023-05-09	2023-05-24
100	Virgin Islands Days	Event Map	2023-05-24	2023-06-24

Stock Stats

Level 1 Hull Points	9006
Speed	32.5
Refit Capacity	40
Weight capacity	1814
Reserves	6
Waterline Length	582.021
Mean Beam	52.867
Mean Height	72
Sortie Cost	9
Compartments	6
Horizontal Armor: Citadel	1.9
Horizontal Armor: Conn	1.188
Horizontal Armor: Fore & Aft	0.475
Horizontal Armor: Superstructure	0.475
Vertical Armor: Barbette	1.333
Vertical Armor: Citadel	3.334
Vertical Armor: Conn	1.111
Vertical Armor: Fore & Aft	0.445
Vertical Armor: Superstructure	0.445

Starting Equipment

Main Battery 1

Item Type	Item Name
Director	Mk 24
Rangekeeper	Mk VIII
RDF	Not Equipped

Position	Barrels	Naval Gun
Centerline	3	3x 8"/55 Mk 9

Main Battery 2

Item Type	Item Name
Director	Mk 19
Rangekeeper	Mk IV
RDF	Not Equipped

Position	Barrels	Naval Gun
Wing	1	8x 5"/25 Mk 10

Main Battery 3

Item Type	Item Name
Director	Not Equipped
Rangekeeper	Not Equipped
RDF	Not Equipped

Position	Barrels	Naval Gun
N/A	N/A	--

Light Battery I-III

Group	Position	Light Gun
I	Wing	8x 0.50"/90 M2 Browning MG
II	N/A	Not Equipped
III	N/A	Not Equipped

Torpedoes

ASDIC	N/A
Quarterdeck	N/A
Torpedo #1	N/A
Torpedo #2	N/A
Torpedo #3	N/A

Aircraft

Hangar Limit	Unknown
Hangar 1	4x Vought O3U-1
Hangar 2	N/A
Hangar 3	N/A
Hangar 4	N/A
Deck Limit	Unknown
Deck	N/A
Deck	N/A
Deck	N/A
Deck	N/A
Air Warning RDF	N/A

Character Information

Personality and traits

Her story hasn't been documented, yet...

Tombstone quotes

Heroic	The first thing she wanted to do was to help her friends.
Tragic	She fell with a gun in her hand. She would want that remembered.

Character Trivia

No trivia noted yet!

Voice Lines

See Houston/VoiceLines.

In-Game Historical Information

Commissioned	1930
Service	6.17.1930 - 3.01.1942
Namesake	City of Houston
Sisters	Five, including Augusta
Notable Sisters	None
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia, USA
Fate	Sunk

History Trivia

No historical notes yet--see if the historical ship is a museum, has a veteran's association, or has a Wikipedia page to find some!