[llevrok]

FDR's Lost Cruiser. Read a book about it and what happened to the crew after her sinking.

Harrowing story of WW2 POW's. God rest all their souls.

[TexasGator]

Already a private group dedicated to documenting the site. One dude has over 80 dives on the wreck.

http://usshoustondive.com/

[buwaya]

Houston was already severely damaged from a previous battle. Japanese material and numerical superiority in the area was obvious. This was a desperate attack in hope of interrupting the Japanese offensive. I think every man on board understood it was effectively a suicide mission.

[BenLurkin]

[Veggie Todd]

Maybe they’ll find Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 there, too.

[smokingfrog]

Bump. Read the book more than once.

I believe they have a memorial service every year in downtown Houston.

[Jacquerie]

What did your book have to say about IJN tactics at night?

From what I've read, the Japs had superb night doctrine in pre-radar days that just about cleaned USN surface action clocks into early 1943.

[BenLurkin]

HMAS Perth

[Fiji Hill]

The Japanese destroyer in question was not Fubikim but Fubuki (blizzard), which would be sunk at the Battle of Cape Esperance a few months later.

[Nuc 1.1]

My father was the Chief Signalman on Huston. Just before her last deployment another Chief Signalman also was given orders for Huston. They flipped a coin to determine who would get their orders changed. My dad lost and got his orders changed. Not being with the ship on her final mission haunted him his whole life. Something like survivors guilt.

[bandleader]

While you’re at it,read a book about Harry S. Truman’s”lost Cruiser”,The USS Indianapolis!Her crew were”dined”on by sharks while The US Navy IGNORED her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!