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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Don Mc Grogan BMCS USNR Ret.

USNS Guam (T-HST-1)

HST-1 Class High-speed Catamaran:

An aluminum-hulled catamaran with drive-on / drive-off vehicle capability, built by Austal USA, Mobile AL. as the Hawaii Superferry Alakai

Placed in service between Honolulu and Maui in December 2007, suspended in March 2009

Acquired by the Maritime Administration in 2010

Transferred to the US Navy Military Sealift Command in May 2012, designated (HST-1)

Christened and placed in service as USNS Guam (T-HST-1), 27 April 2019, in Okinawa, Japan

Specifications:
Displacement 1,646 t.
Length 373'
Beam 78'
Draft 12'
Speed 35kts
Complement 13 to 18 contract mariners
Propulsion MTU Friedrichshafen engines using waterjet propulsion

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service
	329k	*Namesake* Alakai Wilderness Preserve, popularly known as Alakai Swamp, is a montane wet forest on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Although the preserve is home to alpine bogs, it is not a true swamp. It is located on a plateau near Mount Wai?ale?ale, one of the wettest spots on Earth.	Tommy Trampp
	264k	Aerial view of the Hawaii Superferry *Alakai* underway during sea trials in 2007. photo courtesy Austal USA.	Robert Hurst
	23k	Hawaii Superferry *Alakai* docking at Honolulu, 30 June 2007.	Wikipedia
	443k	Aerial view of the Hawaii Superferry Alakai during its Open House on Kauai, 19 August 2007	Wikipedia
0977020116	88k	Aerial view of the Hawaii Superferry *Alakai* underway off Kanaha Beach, Maui, 15 May 2008. Photo by Forest & Kim Starr. Courtesy of Starrenvironmental.	Robert Hurst
0977020117	140k	Bay Ferries "The Cat" ferry *Alakai* leaving Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 31 July 2016. Photo taken by Regan Murphy.	Robert Hurst
USNS Guam (T-HST-1)
	3k	*Namesake* Territory of Guam is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States, along with the Northern Mariana Islands. The capital city of Guam is Hagåtña and the most populous city is Dededo. The inhabitants of Guam are called Guamanians, and they are American citizens by birth. Indigenous Guamanians are the Chamorros, who are related to other Austronesian natives of Eastern Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan. Guam has been a member of the Pacific Community since 1983.	Tommy Trampp
	33k	*USNS Guam* (T-HST-1)** and Puerto Rico (T-HST-2) (not visible) moored pierside, date and location unknown	Lee Wahler
	33k		Lee Wahler
	191k	*USNS Guam* (T-HST-1)** moored pierside at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, in August 2015	Ron Reeves
	219k		Ron Reeves
	274k	*USNS Guam* (T-HST-1)** departing Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, 5 October 2017, to conduct testing and evaluation. US Navy Photo # 171005-N-OH262-753 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Oct. 5, 2017) by Bill Mesta	Lee Wahler
	210k	U.S. Marines with *2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, disembark the high-speed transport USNS Guam* (T-HST-1)** after arriving at the harbor at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, 7 December 2017. The Headquarters Squadron and Echo Company Marines stopped at MCAS Iwakuni while in transit to participate in exercise Forest Light. MCAS Iwakuni is the only Marine Corps installation that offers airport and seaport capabilities. US Marine Corps Photo # 171207-M-LP762-0005 YAMAGUCHI, Japan (Dec. 7, 2017) by Lance Cpl. Lauren Brune	Lee Wahler
	90k	*USNS Guam* (T-HST-1)** christened, 27 April 2019, at a ceremony aboard Naha Military Port in Okinawa Japan US Navy photo	Lee Wahler
0977020119	144k	*USNS Guam* (T-HST-1)** moored in the Port of Yokohama, Japan, 26 July 2019. Photos taken by Hunini	Robert Hurst
0977020120	162k		Robert Hurst
	88k	*USNS Guam* (T-HST-1)** underway date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Lee Wahler
0977020118	102k	*USNS Guam* (T-HST-1)** underway in Tokyo bay, Japan, 12 January 2020. Photo by Ka23 13 (name unknown)	Robert Hurst
0977020114	88k	*USNS Guam* (T-HST-1) transported the US Army's 1-1 ADA (Air Defense Artillery)'s Bravo Battery from Naha Port Okinawa to Amami Island in June 2021. Guam** moved US Army artillery assets to Japan's southwest island chains - where they will train with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s 8th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group for Exercise Orient Shield 21-1 US Forces Japan photo	Lee Wahler
0977020115	116k	*USNS Guam* (T-HST-1)** moored during exercise Active Shield at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan in late October. During the exercise, USNS Guam was loaded with various military vehicles to support multiple scenarios designed to hone U.S.-Japanese interoperability for the protection and defense of MCAS Iwakuni and other assets in the region in order to sustain military operations. Active Shield is an annual bilateral exercise partnering U.S. and Japanese forces, which exercises various elements of the air station's base defense plan to ensure the station remains able to support the Naval Expeditionary Force-In Readiness and regional commitments to the U.S.-Japan Alliance. US Marine Corps photo	Lee Wahler