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Vol n Honolulu, T. H., 25 May, 1935
SECOND DIVISION ISSUE
Number XX
A FEW FIRSTS
In The History of The HOUSTON
The Houston got underway for the
first time on July 21, 1930 at 1330.
, The first payday was June 20, 1930
at 1500.
The Houston became SOPA for
the first time on June 19, 1930 at
1545.
The first Marines reported on board
on June 17, 1930 at 1600.
The ship full dressed ship the first
time on July 4, 1930.
The first last, and only track and
field meet was held on July 16, 1930
and was won by the 5th Division.
The first planes were brought on
board on July 21, 1930, and incidently
one pl, ane was so badly damaged
that it had to be sent back. to the air
station for repairs, but since that
time the Houston's record is spotless,
in that respect, although we have had
minor casualties that were repaired
on board.
The first foreign sailors to trod the
decks of the Houston were Polish,
and they were of the Polish training
ship ISKRA. They came on board on
August 2, 1930, in Newport, R. r.
The Houston first hove in sight of
foreign shores on Sept. 10, 1930 at
1049 on her shake- down cruise. The
land was England.
The ships guns were fired for the
first time on Nov. 5, 1930, off Key
West, Fla, while the first o~ icial
practice was fired off Olongapo, P. r.,
on March 11, 1931.
The first ship's dance was held on
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THE SECOND DIVISION
In The Sports World
The 2nd Division has always been
well represented in inter- divisional,
Ship and Fleet athletic~.
The Houston first broke into the
sports field with a snappy baseball
team, with Fahey, BM2c, representing
the 2nd, and since then every baseball
team has found several 2nd. Div.
men on it. At present Dainwood and
O'Brien are with the team.
In basketball the Division has been
well represented with Kennedy, Clayton
and O'Brien playing, Kennedy
and O'Brien both playing each year
they have been on board.
In rowing the Division has stood
out having from six to seven reguhrs
in the selected crew for three years
straight. Gwinn, Fabera, Sprague,
Robertson, Shaunessy, Keester and
Euteraspi were the ash wielders
while O'Brien was trainer and coxswain.
Kennedy, Taylor, M., Farquhar.
Meyers, Taylor, F. B., Marshall, H, lrt,
and Hartkopf, are a few of the present
representitives.
I'n boxing, " Frankie" Remus,
" Blackie" . Boyd, " Knute" Childers,
" Hank" Kennedy, and Mustain, 11ow
of the C Division, were the Divisbn
representatives. Remus is the holder
of the Far East Middle and Light
Heavy Weight belts.
In wrestling we had England and
Robertson.
In bowling, Kirkpatrick, captain of
the team and Standafer.
In Fleet sailing the Division was
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INTERESTING FACTS
About The HOUSTON
The Houston went in commission
with 28 officers and 496 enlisted men,
There were no Marines attached to
the ship at the time and the first
Marine Detachment totaling 1 officer
and 36 men reported on board one
hour after the commissioning ceremony.
Woodward, of the laundry, was
the last Marine logged on board and
is still with us.
The ships complement reached her
highest peak on Oct. 29, 1932, when
there were 821 officers and men attached
to the ship. ( Flag included.)
The Houston has fired 285 salutes,
a total of 4,024 guns, using over one
ton of black powder. Incidentally, only
three 19- 9un salutes have been fired.
The first salute was fired on June
21, 1930, a 13- gun salute to Rear
Admiral Brumby, the Com'dt. of the
Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va. The
greatest number of guns fired in one
day was 126 on Sept. 23, 1931, at
Hankow, China, 600 miles inland on
the Yangtze Kiang river.
The Houston's longest uninterupted
cruise in miles and days was in
the latter part of 1933, on the return
trip from the Orient. The ship sailed
from Yokohama, Japan on Nov.
24, arriving in San Francisco on Dec.
6, a total of 4,685 miles in 12 days.
During the first year the ship steamed
29,843 miles while the greatest
number of miles were steamed during
1934, a total of 36,283 miles. Since
commis ioning the ship has steamed
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