File:Burial at sea for crewmen killed aboard USS Houston (CL-81) after the ship was torpedoed on 14 October 1944 (19-N-110835).jpg

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Burial at sea for crewmen killed when the ship was torpedoed off Formosa on 14 October 1944. Photographed while Houston was under tow on 15 October. The following day, 16 October, she was hit in the starboard quarter (just aft of where this view was taken) by another aerial torpedo. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Date 15 October 1944
date QS:P571,+1944-10-15T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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19-N-110835
Source Bureau of Ships Collection, US National Archives

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Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1]
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