USS Houston

1929 Northampton-class cruiser
Vehicle heavy_cruiser Q1890816
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USS Houston

Summary

USS Houston is a heavy cruiser[1]. It draws 220 Wikipedia views per month (heavy_cruiser category, ranking #14 of 89).[2]

Key Facts

  • USS Houston's image is recorded as USS Houston (CA-30) off San Diego in October 1935.jpg[3].
  • USS Houston's instance of is recorded as heavy cruiser[4].
  • USS Houston's operator is recorded as United States Navy[5].
  • Houston is named after USS Houston[6].
  • USS Houston's manufacturer is recorded as Newport News Shipbuilding[7].
  • USS Houston's vessel class is recorded as Northampton-class cruiser[8].
  • USS Houston's Commons category is recorded as USS Houston (CA-30)[9].
  • USS Houston's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • USS Houston's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[11].
  • USS Houston's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -5.8125, 'lon': 106.13194444444}[12].
  • USS Houston's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01cx16[13].
  • USS Houston's significant event is recorded as ship launching[14].
  • USS Houston's significant event is recorded as keel laying[15].
  • USS Houston's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning[16].
  • USS Houston's pennant number is recorded as CA-30[17].
  • USS Houston's topic's main category is recorded as Category:USS Houston (CA-30)[18].
  • USS Houston's Commons gallery is recorded as USS Houston (CA-30)[19].
  • USS Houston's location of creation is recorded as Newport News[20].
  • USS Houston's different from is recorded as USS Houston[21].
  • USS Houston's different from is recorded as USS Houston[22].
  • USS Houston's different from is recorded as USS Houston[23].
  • USS Houston's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+182.9'}[24].
  • USS Houston's speed is recorded as {'unit': 'Q128822', 'amount': '+32.5'}[25].
  • USS Houston's beam is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+20.1'}[26].
  • USS Houston's draft is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5.0'}[27].

Why It Matters

USS Houston draws 220 Wikipedia views per month (heavy_cruiser category, ranking #14 of 89).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . history.navy.mil. Retrieved . history.navy.mil. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . history.navy.mil. Retrieved . history.navy.mil. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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