page_title: USS Houston (CL-81)
section_title: Atlantic
hierarchical_section_title: USS Houston (CL-81) / Post-War / Atlantic
caption_attribution_description: English: Vice admiral Vedel, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Danish Navy inspecting Admiral Hewitt's Marine Guard aboard the flagship USS Houston (CL-81)
context_page_description: USS Houston (CL-81), a Cleveland-class light cruiser, was the third vessel in the United States Navy named after the city of Houston, Texas. She was active in the Pacific War for several months, and survived two separate aerial torpedo hits in October 1944.
context_section_description: After extensive work in New York, Houston steamed out of New York harbor on 11 October 1945. Following refresher training in the Caribbean Sea, she took part in training exercises from Newport, Rhode Island. She steamed on 16 April 1946 for an extended goodwill tour of European and African ports, visiting cities in Scandinavia, Portugal, Italy, and Egypt.
  Houston returned to the US on 14 December 1946 and engaged in training and readiness operations until 17 May 1947, when she steamed with Cruiser Division 12 (CruDiv 12) for a Mediterranean Sea voyage.
caption: A. H. Vedel on board the USS Houston 1946
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