USS Guam, the second large cruiser of the 27,500-ton Alaska class, was built at Camden, New Jersey, and was commissioned in September 1944. After shakedown training in the Caribbean she left for the Pacific in January 1945 and joined the fast carrier task forces at Ulithi a few months later. Guam provided anti-aircraft protection during a carrier raid on the Japanese home islands in March 1945 and then fired a shore bombardment mission and supported carrier operations during the Okinawa campaign. In July and August 1945 she joined her sister Alaska and four light cruisers in an anti-shipping raid into Japanese home waters.
After the Japanese surrender Guam showed the flag off the major ports in the Yellow Sea and at Jinsen (Inchon), Korea, before returning to the United States in December 1945. She was decommissioned at Bayonne, New Jersey in February 1947 and remained there until sold for scrapping in May 1961.
This page features all our views of USS Guam, with a link to views taken on board the ship.
For additional images of USS Guam taken on board
the ship, see:
USS Guam (CB-2) -- Views Taken
on Board.
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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Photo #: NH 97131 USS Guam (CB-2) Coming out of a turn, circa 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 67519 USS Guam (CB-2) Photographed off Trinidad on 13 November 1944 during shakedown training. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 465 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97132 USS Guam (CB-2) Underway during shakedown on 13 November 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 151KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 90736 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. Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 92283 USS Guam (CB-2) Photographed in the Delaware River, circa January 1945. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 125KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97130 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. Online Image: 155KB; 600 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 90742 USS Guam (CB-2) Halftone photo of Guam with her sister Alaska (CB-1) at anchor off the China coast in late August or early September 1945. Copied from the ship's wartime cruise book, "U.S.S. Guam: Her Story, 1944-1945". U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 117KB; 595 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 90741 USS Guam (CB-2) Halftone photo of the ship entering Jinsen (Inchon) harbor, Korea, on 8 September 1945. Copied from the ship's wartime cruise book, "U.S.S. Guam: Her Story, 1944-1945". U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Photo #: 80-G-480262 Bayonne Naval Supply Depot, New Jersey Photographed on 15 April 1953 with ships in reserve. The two large ships at right on the near side of the peninsula are Alaska (CB-1) and Guam (CB-2). The next two ships astern are North Carolina (BB-55) and Washington (BB-56). Further astern are (from outboard to inboard) Fargo (CL-106), Albemarle (AV-5) and Wakefield (AP-21). The carriers Enterprise (CV-6) and Franklin (CV-13) are at the far left. Also present are the escort carriers Card (CVE-11), Croatan (CVE-25), Mission Bay (CVE-59), and Guadalcanal (CVE-60) along with the cruisers Providence (CL-82), Little Rock (CL-92), Spokane (CLAA-120) and Fresno (CLAA-121). One of the two CLAAs is tied up outboard of the Alaskas. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 112KB; 595 x 675 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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For additional images of USS Guam taken on board
the ship, see:
USS Guam (CB-2) -- Views Taken
on Board.
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
New image added 15 April 2000