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USS GUAM (CB-2)
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Uniform - Delta - Lima
CLASS - ALASKA
Displacement 27,000 Tons, Dimensions, 808' 6" (oa) x 90' 9" x 31' 9" (Max)
Armament 9 x 12"/50 12 x 5/38AA, 56 x 40mm 34 x 20mm, 4 AC
Armor, 9" Belt, 12 4/5" Turrents, 1 2/5" +4" +5/8" Decks, 10 3/5" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 150,000 SHP; G.E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 1517.
Operational and Building Data
Launched 12 NOV 1943 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, NJ
Commissioned 17 SEP 1944
Decommissioned 17 FEB 1947
Stricken 01 JUN 1960
Fate: Sold for scrap to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD on 24 MAY 1961
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308k | Commissioning Program, 17 SEP 1944 | Robert M. Cieri | |
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USS Guam (CB-2) Halftone photo of the ship's superstructure as the flag is raised for the first time during her commissioning ceremony, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 17 SEP 1944. Copied from the ship's wartime cruise book, "U.S.S. Guam: Her Story, 1944-1945". U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 90735. |
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USS Guam (CB-2) Halftone photo of the ship's commissioning ceremony, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 17 SEP 1944. Copied from the ship's wartime cruise book, "U.S.S. Guam: Her Story, 1944-1945". U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 90734. |
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84k | Starboard view, as built. (Poor Image) | USN | |
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80k | Undated starboard side view at anchor. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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Port bow view, 25 October 1944. U.S. Navy Photo #2339-44 |
David Buell | |
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Aerial starboard bow view, 25 October 1944. U.S. Navy Photo #2341-44 |
David Buell | |
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Aerial port bow view, 25 October 1944. U.S. Navy Photo #2342-44 |
David Buell | |
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Aerial port bow view, 25 October 1944. U.S. Navy Photo #2343-44 |
David Buell | |
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Port quarter overhead view, 25 October 1944. U.S. Navy Photo #2345-44 |
David Buell | |
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Aerial bow view, 25 October 1944. U.S. Navy Photo #2347-44 |
David Buell | |
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Aerial stern view, 25 October 1944. U.S. Navy Photo #2348-44 |
David Buell | |
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USS Guam (CB-2) Underway during shakedown on 13 November 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97132. |
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USS Guam (CB-2) Coming out of a turn, circa 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97131. |
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USS Guam (CB-2) Photographed off Trinidad on 13 November 1944 during shakedown training. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 67519. |
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USS Guam (CB-2) Halftone photo of the ship conducting main battery gunnery practice during shakedown off Trinidad, November-December 1944. Copied from the ship's wartime cruise book, "U.S.S. Guam: Her Story, 1944-1945". U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 90736. |
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USS Guam (CB-2) Halftone photo of the ship's bow during main battery gunnery practice, 1944-45. Copied from the ship's wartime cruise book, "U.S.S. Guam: Her Story, 1944-1945". U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 90740. |
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USS Guam (CB-2) Photographed in the Delaware River, circa January 1945. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 92283. |
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USS Guam (CB-2) Moored at Pearl Harbor on 21 February 1945. The port catapult and aircraft crane are trained over the side. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97130. |
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: USS Guam Assn
Address: PO Box 85 Island Heights, NJ, 08732-0085
Phone: None
Note About Contacts.