USS Guam (CB-2)
USS Guam in 1944
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| Name: | Guam |
| Ordered: | 9 September 1940 |
| Builder: | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down: | 2 February 1942 |
| Launched: | 12 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 17 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 February 1947 |
| Struck: | 1 June 1960 |
| Identification: | Hull number: CB-2 |
| Honors and awards: |
2 battle stars |
| Fate: | Scrapped in May 1961 |
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| Class and type: | Alaska-class large cruiser |
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| Length: | 808 ft 6 in (246.4 m) |
| Beam: | 91 ft 1 in (27.8 m) |
| Draft: | 31 ft 10 in (9.7 m) |
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| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Range: | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Crew: | 1,517 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 4 |
USS Guam (CB-2) was an Alaska-class large cruiser which served with the United States Navy during the end of World War II. She was the second and last ship of her class to be completed. The ship was the second vessel of the US Navy to be named after the island of Guam, an American territory in the Pacific. Due to her commissioning late in the war, Guam saw relatively limited service during the war. She participated in operations off Okinawa in March–July 1945, including providing anti-aircraft defense for the carrier task force and conducting limited shore bombardment operations. She participated in sweeps for Japanese shipping in the East China and Yellow Seas in July–August 1945. After the end of the war, she assisted in the occupation of Korea and transported a contingent of US Army troops back to the United States. She was decommissioned in February 1947 and placed in reserve, where she remained until she was stricken in 1960 and sold for scrapping the following year.
The ship was 808 feet 6 inches (246.43 m) long overall and had a beam of 91 ft 1 in (27.76 m) and a draft of 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m). She displaced 29,779 long tons (30,257 t) as designed and up to 34,253 long tons (34,803 t) at full combat load. The ship was powered by four General Electric geared steam turbine sets, each driving one propeller, and eight oil-fired Babcock & Wilcox boilers rated at 150,000 shaft horsepower (110,000 kW) and a top speed of 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph). The ship had a cruising range of 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at a speed of 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph). She carried four floatplanes, housed in two hangars, with a pair of aircraft catapults mounted amidships.
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