The Cruiser Houston
The cruiser, Houston, was the first warship named for the Bayou City, and the ship proved a favorite of the city for which it was named. It was also a favorite of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who traveled on the Houston no fewer than four times.
Houston was twice the flagship of the US Navy’s Asiatic Fleet. In the opening days of World War II, it battled the Imperial Japanese Navy, culminating in its midnight loss at the Battle of Sunda Strait. The Cruiser Houston tells the story of this magnificent ship and the city of Houston’s reaction to its namesake’s loss.
About Mark Lardas (Houston, Texas Author)
Mark Lardas, a freelance writer, amateur historian and model-maker, lives in League City, Texas. He is currently employed as a quality assurance manager and a technical writer. When he says something isn’t rocket science, he should know – he has been one. After graduating from the University of Michigan with a BS in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, he spent most of the the next 30 years as a space navigator and a software engineer on the Shuttle program.
His down-to-earth interests include model-making and writing, interests which he combines in numerous articles to modeling magazines, and as stints as the Hobby Master for Boy’s Life and the Model Master for English Street, an English language publication in Hong Kong.
He sates his interest in ships and history through writing, He is the author of over twenty published books, all focusing on history, with many related to maritime and naval history.
