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The World War IILibertyshipSS Albert S. Burleson (built 1943 at Houston;scrapped 1971) was named forAlbertS. Burleson.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Alexander H. Stephens (built 1942 at Houston;scrapped 1973) was named forAlexanderH. Stephens.    Thecityof Houston is named forSamHouston.    The World War IILibertyshipsSS Sam Houston (built 1941 at Houston; torpedoed andsunk 1942 in the Atlantic Ocean) andSS Sam Houston II (built1943 at the same shipyard; scrapped 1959) were named forSamHouston.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Joel R. Poinsett (built 1942-43 at Houston; brokein two and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean 1944) was named forJoelRoberts Poinsett.    The World War IILibertyshipSS J. Pinckney Henderson (built 1943 at Houston;collided and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean 1943) was named forJ.Pinckney Henderson.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James M. Porter (built 1943 at Houston; scrapped1961) was named forJamesMadison Porter.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Spencer (built 1943 at Houston; scrapped1962) was named forJohnC. Spencer.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Laurence (built 1942 at Houston; scrapped1963) was named forJohnLaurance.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Armstrong (built 1942-43 at Houston; scrapped1964) was named forJohnArmstrong, Jr..    The World War IILibertyshipSS James Madison (built 1942 at Houston; scrapped1966) was named forJamesMadison.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John H. Reagan (built 1943 at Houston; scrapped1967) was named forJohnH. Reagan.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Ireland (built 1944 at Houston; scrapped1967) was named forJohnIreland.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James Barbour (built 1942-43 at Houston; scrapped1970) was named forJamesBarbour.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry D. Lindsley (built 1944 at Houston; scrapped1970) was named forHenryD. Lindsley.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James S. Hogg (built 1943 at Houston; scrapped1972) was named forJimHogg.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Jacob A. Westervelt (built 1944 at Houston;scrapped 1972) was named forJacobWestervelt.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Isaac Van Zandt (built 1944 at Houston; scuttledwith obsolete ammunition in the North Pacific Ocean 1966) was namedforIsaacVan Zandt.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John H. Eaton (built 1942-43 at Houston; sold 1947scrapped 1968) was named forJohnH. Eaton.    The World War IILibertyshipSS George C. Childress (built 1943 at Houston; soldand renamedSS K. Hadjipateras; sunk during a storm in the Bayof Bengal 1967) was originally named forGeorgeC. Childress.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Jeremiah Wadsworth (built 1942 at Houston;torpedoed and lost in the South Atlantic Ocean 1942) was named forJeremiahWadsworth.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James Longstreet (built 1942 at Houston; wrecked1943, used as target until 1970, sunk 1996 in Cape Cod Bay) was namedforJamesLongstreet.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Bell (built 1943 at Houston; torpedoed andlost in the Mediterranean Sea 1943) was named forJohnBell.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Daniel E. Garrett (built 1944 at Houston; laterconverted to aicraft repair ship asRobert Olds; scrapped1960) was named forDanielE. Garrett.    Thecityof Tomball is named forThomasH. Ball.    The Jesse H. JonesHallfor the Performing Arts (performance venue, opened 1966) inHouston, is named forJesseH. Jones.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Nicholas Gilman (built 1942 at Houston; scrapped1963) was named forNicholasGilman.

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