Oral History Interview with William J. Stewart, June 11, 1981 Page: 8
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Marcello:
Stewart:miss all of them.
Describe what the damage looked like back there at
turret three,
To go back a little bit, turret three was trained out
to one side, In other words, the guns were pointing
off to one side, and there was a space in between the
turret and the after deckhouse, which housed radio
equipment. This bomb came down and struck one of the
three legs of the mainmast and bounced off a little bit,
which apparently armed the bomb, and exploded just above
the deck in between the turret and the after deckhouse.
It blew a hole in the deck here about ten feet in
diameter, and the shrapnel from the bomb penetrated
the sides of the gun turret. It set the powder afire
inside of the turret. Of course, you know, at that time
they used the powder that was in silk bags, and a hot
spark or anything could set it afire, and you have problems.
Also, this turret on the Houston had light armor plate
on the front face of the turret but just the heavy sheet
metal on the sides, and the shrapnel went right through it.
I don't think that it's necessary that we go into every
encounter that the Houston had with the Japanese, but I
think for the record we ought to discuss how it got its
nickname. Do you recall what its nickname was?
Yes. Its nickname was, of course, the "Galloping GhostMarcello:
Stewart:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Stewart, William J., 1920-. Oral History Interview with William J. Stewart, June 11, 1981, book, June 11, 1981; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944633/m1/10/?q=%22~1%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.