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	HyperWar: USS Guam (CB-2)
		Built at New York S.B. Co., and commissioned 17 September 1944
		"Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Guam
		For crew lists, and reunions see the Veterans Info Page.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/CB/CB-2_Guam.html (65 words)

	USS Guams CB-2
		The second Guam (CB-2) was launched 12 November 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs George Johnson McMillan, wife of Captain McMillan, former governor of Guam; and commissioned 17 September 1944, Captain Leland P. Lovette in command.
		Guam now got a new assignment as flagship of Cruiser Task Force 95, composed of large cruisers Guam and Alaska, four light cruisers, and nine destroyers This force steamed into the East China and Yellow Seas between 16 July and 7 August 1945 on a shipping raid.
		Guam departed Jinsen 14 November and reached San Francisco 3 December landing a contingent of Army troops for discharge.
	www.multied.com /navy/cruiser/Guam.html (635 words)

	USN Ships--USS Guam (CB-2), 1944-1961
		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.
		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.
		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.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-g/cb2.htm (574 words)

	USS Guam, Ships of Battlegroup
		Laid down on February 2, 1942; launched on November 21, 1943 and commissioned on September 17, 1944, the Guam carried a main armament of nine 12 inch main guns mounted three per turret; two centerline superfiring forward and one centerline aft.
		Guam escorted the big flattops in their sweeps across the western Pacific from March 1945 through the end of the war.
		Guam was decommissioned in 1947 and remained in mothballs until struck from the Naval Vessel Register on June 1, 1960.
	www.lostbattalion.com /t-bg_Guam.aspx (436 words)

	History
		Guam participated in may evaluations and tests throughout the next few years and on July 1, 1974, Guam completed the ISCS evaluation and was redesignated Amphibious Assault Ship.
		While deployed to the Mediterranean in May, 1982, Guam was sent to the coast of Lebanon to prepare for possible evacuation operationsor intervention in the war raging between the Israelies and opposing Palestinian and Syrian forces.
		Guam was instrumental in the recovery of one of the rocket booster nose cones which was able to be loaded on to the flight deck and returned for inspection.
	members.tripod.com /~lph9/hx1.htm (1258 words)

	USS Guam (CB-2) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The second Guam (CB-2) was launched 12 November 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs.
		Sortie was made from Ulithi next day and Admiral A. Radford's Task Force 58, one of the most powerful task forces in naval history, proceeded to vicinity of Kyushu and Shikoku, arriving the morning of 18 March.
		Guam now got a new assignment as flagship of Cruiser Task Force 95, composed of large cruisers Guam and Alaska, four light cruisers, and nine destroyers.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_guam__cb_2_.html (678 words)

	[No title]
		CB radios are being used in many different environments for both commercial and recreational use.
		CB radios also have a place in the consumer recreation market where they are used for hiking, hunting, off-roading, and many other outdoor activities that require short distance communication.
		CB users have their own type of language that allows them to communicate through a series of commands and responses known as 10 codes.
	www.usfca.edu /~morriss/478/projects_972/~philbr00.html (1006 words)

	USS GUAM (LPH-9) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The original GUAM, launched in 1928, was a 159-foot river gunboat that carried a complement of five officers and a crew of forty-four.
		GUAM entered the war in January 1945, and served in the South Pacific with other giants of the fleet.
		GUAM's keel was laid on November 15, 1962 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
	mysite.verizon.net /bsharpe1/navy/lph9/9body.html (287 words)

	USS Guam Website - CB-2 - Guestbook
		I joined the uss guam in the pacific,and was assigned to the fifth division,in the magazine hold, i was on board,when we were sent back to bayone,after the war ended, my son jeff was the one who informed me about the website and just knew of the reunions.
		As a third grader, my tour on the Guam was something I remember to this day even though she was moored at Bayonne NJ at the time.
		I served on the Guam from its commissioning in Sept 1944 til it was mothballed in 1946.
	www.ussguam.com /cb2/guestbook.html (4991 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Shangri-La (CV 38)
		On 2 and 3 June, the task force launched air strikes on the Japanese home islands — -aimed particularly at Kyushu, the southernmost of the major islands.
		On 2 July, the oath of office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air was administered to John L. Sullivan on board Shangri-La, the first ceremony of its type ever undertaken in a combat zone.
		On 2 September 1956, the second day of the National Air Show, Lt. (j.g.) R. Carson, flying an F3H-2N Demon of VF-124, captured the McDonnell Trophy with a non-stop, non-refueling flight from Shangri-La off the coast of San Francisco to Oklahoma City.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv38-shangrila/cv38-shangrila.html (1957 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > List of ships of the United States Navy
		USS Birmingham[?] (CL 2, CL 62, SSN 695)
		USS Hawaii (CB 3, SSN 776 under construction in 2003)
		USS Lexington (CC 1, CV 2, CV 16)
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/li/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy (778 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		GUAM now got a new assignment as flagship of Cruiser Task Force 95, composed of large cruisers GUAM and ALASKA, four light cruisers, and nine destroyers.
		GUAM departed Jinsen 14 November and reached San Francisco 3 December landing a contingent of Army troops for discharge.
		She remained there and decommissioned 17 February 1947; GUAM berthed with the New York Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet until 1 June 1960 when her name was struck from the Navy List.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/cruisers/cb2.txt (692 words)

	Rule 1
		You must operate your CB station according to any applicable treaty to which the United States is a party.
		If your CB station is near an airport, you may contact the nearest FCC field office for a worksheet to help you figure the maximum allowable height for your antenna.
		When you are using your CB station to assist a traveler, you do not have to obey Rule 16 about the length of transmissions.
	home.earthlink.net /~batman-510/FCCRules.htm (2887 words)

	Classic Warships 1
		The second GUAM (CB-2) was launched 12 November 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs.
		It took 2 coats of hand brushing to cover the deck with a nice opaque coat of paint in both colors.
		USS Guam carried these during her work-ups in the Atlantic and can easily be seen in photographs.
	www.steelnavy.com /cw_Guam.htm (8326 words)

	USS Guam (CB-2) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clearing Pearl Harbor 3 March Guam sailed into Ulithi 13 March where she joined forces with her sister ship Alaska and other fleet units in Admiral Marc Mitscher's famed Task Force 58 (TF 58).
		Sortie was made from Ulithi next day and Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford's Task Group 58.4 (TG 58.4), one of the most powerful task forces in naval history, proceeded to vicinity of Kyūshū and Shikoku, arriving the morning of 18 March.
		On the night of 27 March to 28 March 1945 Admiral P. Low's Cruiser Division 16 in Guam conducted bombardment of the airfield on Minami Daito.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Guam_(CB-2) (793 words)

	USS GUAM
		The second USS GUAM (CB-2) was launched 12 November 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs.
		Sortie was made from Ulithi the next day and Admiral A. Radford's Task Force 58, one of the most powerful task forces in naval history, proceeded to vicinity of Kyushu and Shikoku, arriving the morning of 18 March.
		The next afternoon GUAM was dispatched to escort damaged FRANKLIN from the combat area.
	members.tripod.com /~lph9/cb2.htm (689 words)

	TOM'S WEB PAGE No.2
		The three ships arrived at Cristobal, Canal Zone, on the 23rd and transited the canal on the 24th.
		On 2 and 3 June, the task force launched air strikes on the Japanese home islands, aimed particularly at Kyushu, the southernmost of the major islands.
		She sailed east for her first tour of duty with the 6th Fleet on 2 February 1961.
	www.uss-shangri-la.com /history.html (3667 words)

	USN Ships--USS Guam (CB-2), Views on Board
		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.
		Halftone photo of the ship's bow during main battery gunnery practice, 1944-45.
		Halftone photo of an electrical distribution switchboard on board the ship, 1944-45.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-g/cb2-o.htm (246 words)

	Dreadnought
		A ship is (1) ordered, (2) laid down, (3) launched, (4) completed, and (5) commissioned.
		"CB" is used for the three light battlecruisers, adopting the US navy designation for its "large cruisers," like the Alaska, in World War II.
		Only 3 of the American and only 2 of the Japanese battleships would be finished, many old ships would be scrapped by Britain and the United States, and Britain would be allowed to build 2 new battleships to make up for the age of her remaining ships.
	www.friesian.com /dreadnot.htm (8819 words)

	Concrete Ship at Guam
		Date: Tue, February 7, 2006 9:16 pm Subject: Re: IX in Guam Jim, Sorry for the long delay but at your last I was deployed and without my notes.
		I have sat for hours in the MARC at the Univ of Guam and have 25th CB yearbook and 5NCB daily logs.
		She underwent repairs to damaged machinery and continued duty as cargo stores barge until 2 August 1946 when she was placed out of service and delivered to WSA.
	www.ww2pacific.com /guamix.html (1307 words)

	CNS - Deconstructing the Chem-Bio Threat
		It is highly likely that chemical weapons would be used against hard military targets in the South, such as airfields and ports, not only spreading death and injury to a large number of South Korean personnel, but contaminating these installations with persistent blister and/or nerve agents for area denial.
		Assumption: A certain set of CB agents, such as VX, sarin, anthrax, and smallpox, are the most likely CBW agents to be used.
		It would include, at a minimum, the following four components: (1) a legal commitment by the contracting parties; (2) agreed principles for developing progressively higher standards with respect to regulation and licensing of microbial culture collections; (3) mechanisms for oversight and their progressive refinement; and (4) compliance and enforcement measures.
	cns.miis.edu /pubs/reports/asands.htm (9394 words)

	Ships Alongside
		Assigned to Transport Division 2 with Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet, Almaack underwent repairs and alterations at the Craig Shipbuilding Co. at Long Beach, before she returned to San Diego on 15 July for landing exercises off the southern California coast.
		For six days, from W + 2 to W + 8, Almaack supported the invasion of Guam; the first three days she retired at night after conducting unloading operations during the day, returning the following morning to the transport area to resume working her cargo.
		She remained there until 6 February, when she sailed for Guam to load elements of the 3d Marine Division in preparation for what would prove to be the last amphibious operation for Almaack in the war-the assault on Iwo Jima.
	www.geocities.com /uss_sumter/Sister_Ships.htm (8437 words)

	Jack Abraitis - M.L.B.W. Glossary - USN Ship Classes - WarShips, BattleShips/Cruisers
		Secondary batt.: 6 - 3inch/50-cal.; 6 - 1 pdr.; 8 - 3 pdr.; 2 -.30 cal.
		2 - 1 pdr.; 6 - 3 pdr.; 6 -.30 cal.
		These 2 ships were not at P. when the Japanese made their surprise attack on 12/7/41, but have been modernised to a certain extent.
	www.princeton.edu /~abraitis/glosdocs/usnbatcr.htm (6002 words)

	Outrigger Guam Resort Details @ hotelbooking
		The Outrigger Guam Resort is a beautiful new oceanfront hotel located on the white sand beaches of popular Tumon Bay on the island of Guam and is adjacent to the famous Plaza shopping and entertainment complex.
		The Outrigger Guam Resort is a beautiful new oceanfront hotel located on the white sand beaches of popular Tumon Bay on the island of Guam and is adjacent to Guam's famous Plaza shopping and entertainment complex.
		Proceed on Pale San Vitores Road for approximately one mile and the Outrigger Guam Hotel is on the left.
	res.hotelonlinebooking.com /hotel_overview/hotelbooking_OR_OGM.html (324 words)

	2 Navy Ship War World (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The wealth of sounds 2 navy ship war world and sights on display are so evocative one can practically smell the salt air 2 navy ship war world and feel the heave of the ocean beneath their seats.
		Russell is intense 2 navy ship war world and inspiring as Aubrey 2 navy ship war world and Bettany proves a worthy match.
		USS Guam (CB-2) - USS Guam (CB-2) was an Alaska class large cruiser which served with the United States Navy during the end of World War II.
	de43.maisack.com /2navyshipwarworld.html (1295 words)

	AO505
		From Guam, the bombers flew to the Persian Gulf region, released 13 air-launched cruise missiles (ALCM), and returned to Guam on a grueling 34-hour, 14,000-mile mission.
		Overall, 14 tankers supplied close to a million pounds of fuel for the prepositioning leg to Anderson AB while 17 tankers deployed to Guam offloaded nearly 1.5 million pounds of fuel for the airstrike.
		Two categories of intratheater movement are: 1) unit deployment, movement, and redeployment; and 2) continuing resupply of forward deployed units (sustainment).
	homepage.mac.com /millhouse/ACSC/AO505.html (2301 words)

	LICENSE PLATES ON LINE! .... Guam
		2 sizes of the wheelchair are verified; one is the same height as the numbers and the other is 50% less with thinner dies; the smaller may be on higher numbers.
		NG-1 Naval Governor of Guam 1-50 Officers of the Navy and Marine Corps by seniority.
		It is believed that this plate, one of a matched pair, was used on a military naval base in Agana in the early 20th century, on one of a fleet of Model "T" cars in use at that time.
	www.pl8s.com /g/guam.htm (2067 words)

	FCC Rules for CB Radio
		The Citizens Band Radio Service (CB) is a private, two-way, short-distance voice communications service for personal or business activities.
		The CB Radio Service may also be used for voice paging.
		RULE 3 - Eligibility To Use CB You are authorized to operate a CB station unless:
	www.reactintl.org /rules-cb.htm (2936 words)

	USS Alaska, Cruiser CB-1 History
		Composed of Alaska, her sister ship Guam (CB-2), the heavy cruiser Pittsburgh (CA-72), the light cruiser Santa Fe (CL-60), and three destroyer divisions, TU 58.2.9 drew the duty of screening the damaged "Gig Ben," as Franklin had been affectionately nicknamed by her crew.
		Alaska and Guam and their screen steamed west of the island on north / south courses between 2245 on 27 March and 0030 on the 28th.
		Commented Guam's commanding officer, Capt. Leland P. Lovette: "We went prepared to tangle with a hornet's nest and wound up in a field of pansies -- but we've proved a point and the East China Sea is ours to do with as we please."
	www.greatwhitefleet.org /alaska/03/history.htm (2751 words)

	USS Guam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Guam (PG-43) was a patrol gunboat in China, renamed Wake in January 1941 and in December becoming the only American ship ever to be captured by the Japanese.
		The second Guam (CB-2) was a large cruiser in service from 1944 to 1947.
		The third Guam (LPH-9) was an Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship in service from 1965 to 1998.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Guam (155 words)

	GuamPDN.com \| Assignment Guam 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although CB radios are popular, their power and range is limited to a distance of three miles.
		The Navy Historical Exhibit - a must-see place for newcomers to the island - is located on Naval Base Guam and focuses on World War II and its impact on Guam.
		At Naval Base Guam, the swimming pool is located near South Tipalao Housing and the barracks area.
	www.guampdn.com /guampublishing/special-sections/assignment-guam_06/rec-2.htm (774 words)

	LST-759
		On 12 April 1945, she sailed for Saipan and thence to Guam arriving there on 6 May 1945 for six weeks of availability.
		Two ferrying trips were then made to Motobu Peninsula from Naha with U. Marine gear and personnel and then personnel of the 3rd Navy Mobile Hospital Corps were received aboard and the LST then sailed for Guam, Saipan and the Russell Islands, arriving at her final of Guadalcanal on 18 August 1945.
		Here she received Navy CB stevedoring personnel for Noumea, New Caledonia, where she arrived on 27 August 1945, departing thence for Espiritu Santo and arriving there on the 31st.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/WEBCUTTERS/LST_759.html (650 words)

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