USS HOUSTON CA 30
“The galloping Ghost of the Java
Coast
William W.
Stevens, Jr.
William Wright Stevens, Jr.
Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class, was on board the USS Houston in the
He is survived by his sisters, Carol
Kathleen Stevens Coughtry and Frances Ann Stevens; his nephews, Lloyd S.
Coughtry, Jr., and William Scott (Bill) Stevens; his nieces, Carol Ann Stevens
Hess and Carol Stevens Coughtry Sutton; his great nephews, Robert P. Henley, III,
Jonathan Wright Henley, Stephen Sutton and William Coughtry; his great nieces,
Jennifer Kathleen Henley Muller, Jennifer Coughtry, Elizabeth Coughtry, Jessie
Sutton, Elizabeth Ann Stevens and Lauren Michelle Stevens; and his great-great
nieces, Kate Henley and Lauren Henley.
Submitted by Carol Ann Stevens Hess,
niece
Pictures: Bill in suit- Taken when
he graduated from
Bill in uniform- Taken in 1939 or
1940