Commissioned in Jun 1930, the USS HOUSTON (CA-30) in the months leading up to WW II, she was the flagship of the Hawaiian Detachment before she forward deployed to the Philippines where she was when the war began. Her story is best told by others:
http://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/lostbattalion/history2.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Houston_(CA-30)
