Victory at Sea - USS Houston early-war-british

Victory at Sea - USS Houston early-war-britishOriginally conceived as a light cruiser, USS Houston (second of her name) was reclassified as a heavy cruiser early in her life, serving in the 1930s to protect American interest in the China Japan war of 1931 and later transporting President Roosevelt on special cruises. On the night of the Pearl Harbour attack, Houston departed Panay Island for Australia joining the American British Dutch Australian naval force at Surabaya. She participated in the

swept through the Low Countries and defeated France

Entering frontline service in late 1944

Alexandrian Macedonian

and raids upon Ghar outposts

radar and more MGs

Independent Company Raiding Party

with two prototypes almost complete and perhaps as many as 9 others under construction when Hitler cancelled the programme in late 1943

142 were part of the Lend-Lease program with 78 sent to the Soviet Union

part of Napoleon’s wider Mediterranean Campaign

Poses randomly selected

The Siebel Ferry comes in packs of two expand your Kriegsmarine fleet

first by the return of Clinton’s flotilla from Charleston and later by the arrival from England of a 150-ship fleet carrying reinforcements including the Foot Guards and numerous regiments raised from the German Principalities