Talk:Houston/@comment-37.47.40.207-20191212185423/@comment-30580906-20191212194008

Sure, if "did shit" means she participated in several surface engagements and managed to evade many Japanese air attacks. Captain Rooks was awarded the Medal of Honor, Chaplain Rentz was awarded the Navy Cross, and the ship was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation. Was she sunk? Yes; but she and Perth were able to embarass the IJN at Sunda Strait. The IJN launched a ridiculous amount of torpedoes against two cruisers managing to sink several of their own ships and damaging a number of others by friendly gunfire. In fact when the IJN interrogated captured officers from the Houston and Perth they were convince they had fought six or so allied ships and refused to believe there were only two allied ships in the night action. I would say that Houston's and Perth's luck stats are justified.