The USS Marblehead (CL-12) passes the heavy cruiser Houston (CA-30) in Tjilitjap, Java, on the morning of 6 February 1942.
The Marblehead’s story was epic, as well. She (and your father) were very lucky to have gotten out of Indonesia when they did.
BTW thats Houston’s no 3 turret in the picture, which had recently been disbled by a bomb hit, killing 40 of her crew and hobbling her for the upcoming Java Sea battle. Houston would have to fight one arm tied behind her back untill she was lost.