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125k | Commissioning Program, 17 September 1944 | Robert M. Cieri Ron Reeves |
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154k | Commissioning Program, 17 September 1944 | Ron Reeves | |
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140k | Commissioning Program, 17 September 1944 | Ron Reeves | |
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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 September 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 September 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 | Port 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 |
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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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207k | Underway during her shakedown cruise in November 1944 | 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 National Archives, #80-G-322264 |
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44k | Image of the USS Guam taken in September 1945 off Korea from the USS Wilkes (DD 441). From the collection of William J. Mosher located at the National Destroyermens Museum housed aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD 850). | Ed Zajkowski | |
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85k | Moored in Bayonne, NJ, 1946. Note the waterline. | David Buell | |
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161k | Guam (left) and Alaska (right) moored in Bayonne, NJ, date unknown. | David Buell |
Commanding
Officers
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Name/Rank | Class | Final Rank | Dates |
Lovette, Leland P., CAPT | 1918 | VADM | 09/17/44 - 10/06/45 |
Watkins, Frank Thomas, CAPT | 1922 | VADM | 10/06/45 - 04/46 |
Holcombe, Charles Mortimer, CDR | 04/46 - 02/17/47 |
(List courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
Note About Contacts.
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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