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	pg43
		The China through which Guam sailed was racked by war from the day she commissioned - first, civil war as Communists battled Nationalists for control of the ancient nation; and then, total war as Japanese forces sought to win and control China and her vast resources.
		Guam also evacuated American civilians from Wuhu to Hankow in December 1937 in front of approaching Japanese forces, and a year later served as station ship at Standard Vacuum Oil installations in Hankow to protect American lives and property while Chinese and Japanese armies clashed nearby.
		Guam and her sister gunboats, remaining doggedly on station and conducting daily "Repel-Boarders" drills, were a reassuring sight for American civilians.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/patrol/pg43.htm (532 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 (LPH 9)
		USS GUAM was the fourth IWO JIMA - class Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter) and the second ship in the Navy named after the largest island of the Marianas group.
		The SINKEX was conducted by the USS JOHN F. (CV 67) Battle Group and the exact location was 031° 14' 22.0" North, 071° 16' 35.0" West.
		An LCM-6 from USS TRENTON (LPD 14) carrying marines and sailors from shore back to TRENTON and USS GUAM, collided with a merchant vessel which was entering the port of Barcelona.
	navysite.de /lph/lph9.htm (263 words)

	The Guam Bell.
		The original USS Guam was a 159-foot gunboat built in Shanghai and was launched in 1928.
		The second USS Guam was part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet which engaged Japanese naval and ground forces in the waters near Ulithi, Leyte, Okinawa and Japan proper.
		The third USS Guam, built by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, was launched on August 22, 1964.
	guam.org.gu /guambell/index.html (1051 words)

	Guam History, People and Culture
		The island of Guam, Guahan in native Chamorro, is a true cosmopolitan community that reflects the cultures of its original Chamorro inhabitants as early as 2,000 B.C., influenced by countless European, American, Asian, Micronesian, and other people who have occupied, visited and immigrated to Guam since the 16th Century.
		The original inhabitants of Guam are believed to have been of Indo-Malaya descent originating from Southeast Asia as early as 2,000 B.C., and having linguistic and cultural similarities to Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
		Guam was ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish American War in 1898 and formally purchased from Spain for $20 million in 1899.
	www.guam-online.com /history/history.htm (2632 words)

	USS Guam (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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 battlecruiser 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.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-USS_Guam.html (174 words)

	USS Indianapolis CA-35
		She was directed to join the battleship USS Idaho (BB-42) at Leyte Gulf in the Philippines to prepare for the invasion of Japan.
		At 14 minutes past midnight, on 30 July 1945, midway between Guam and Leyte Gulf, she was hit by two torpedoes out of six fired by the I-58, a Japanese submarine.
		A hastily convened closed-door court of inquiry had been convened in Guam on August 13 with the Judge Advocate (prosecutor), Captain William Hilbert, stating that they were "starting the proceedings without having available all the necessary data." Little was done to add to such data prior to the court's decision.
	www.ussindianapolis.org /story.htm (1785 words)

	Naval Forces Marianas :: Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: )
		USS San Francisco ran aground 350 miles south of Guam Jan. 8, killing one crew member and injuring 23.
		The temporary repairs to the bow of USS San Francisco provide adequate structural integrity and proper buoyancy for transit under her own power to a shipyard, which is yet to be determined, with comprehensive repair capabilities.
		The USS San Francisco work must be completed at another shipyard because repair work on submarines requires specialized skills and experience, and the work required on the submarine will be more extensive than the capabilities available at the Guam Shipyard.
	www.guam.navy.mil /pressreleases/2005/pr05_32.htm (328 words)

	USS Guam
		Guam (P-43) was launched 28 May 1927 by the Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works, Shanghai, China; sponsored by Miss Louise Frances Bruce, and commissioned 28 December 1927, Lt. Comdr.
		One of six new river gunboats built to replace old gunboats on the Yangtze for a year, Guam was then assigned to the South China patrol.
		The China through which Guam sailed was racked by war from the day she commissioned—first, civil war as Communists battled Nationalists for control of!
	www.multied.com /Navy/patrol/guam.html (470 words)

	Lawyers, Guns and Money: Sunday Battleship Blogging: USS Guam
		USS Guam (CB-2) came about through a curious set of circumstances.
		Guam and her sister Alaska ended up with 9 12" guns, a displacement of 27000 tons, and a speed of 32 knots.
		Guam was more than twice the size of the heaviest heavy cruiser ever built, and carried an armament superior to the contemporary Scharnhorst class.
	lefarkins.blogspot.com /2005/12/sunday-battleship-blogging-uss-guam.html (732 words)

	USS Wake (PR-3) - Suprari (beta)
		'USS Wake (PR-3) was a United States Navy river gunboat seized by Japan on December 8, 1941.
		She was launched on May 28, 1927 as Guam by the Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works in Shanghai, China, and commissioned on December 28, 1927.
		In January 1941, she was renamed Wake, as Guam was to be the new name of a large cruiser being built in the United States.
	www.suprari.com /wiki.php?page=USS_Wake_(PR-3) (222 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: U.S. Troop Strength in the Persian Gulf
		USS GUAM: Is a multi-purpose amphibious assault ship which essentially acts as a small aircraft carrier that serves to put troops on hostile shores.
		USS Shreveport: Is a versatile ship which acts as an amphibious transport used to land Marines, their equipment and supplies.
		USS Ashland (ship's company of 340) and USS Oak Hill (ship's company of 340): Are both Dock Landing Ships which serve to support a variety of amphibious operations and landings onto hostile shores.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/military/usstrength.htm (737 words)

	Pacific Magazine: GUAM: USS Buffalo To Homeport Here
		In August of 2005, the USS SAN FRANCISCO was reassigned to Bremerton, Washington to undergo long term repairs.
		Moving to Guam with the submarine will be a crew of 14 officers and 129 enlisted sailors and their families.
		Because of Guam's strategic location, studies have shown a submarine on Guam can achieve nearly three times more operational time on station in East Asia than a submarine homeported in the United States.
	www.pacificislands.cc /news/2005/11/01/guam-uss-buffalo-to-homeport-here (347 words)

	DANFS: USS Guam (CB-2)
		The next afternoon Guam was despatched to escort damaged Franklin from the combat area.
		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.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/CB/cb2.html (646 words)

	USS Guam LPH-9 - Iwo Jima Class
		Currently the USS Guam (LPH-9), home ported at Norfolk, VA, is the only remaining ship of this class in service.
		USS Inchon served as a key element of the US Naval Amphibious Forces 1970 to 1994 in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleet.
		USS Inchon was redesignated for its new mission on 24 May 1996 after undergoing a 15 month conversion and overhaul.
	www.modelshipbuilding.com /350guam.htm (615 words)

	Notable History Of Events on Guam (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By the end of the 1940's President Harry Truman removed Guam from under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of Interior.
		Many patriotic inhabitants of Guam, during the WWII occupation, were tortured and beheaded while protecting U.S. soldiers from capture and execution.
		The central issues focus upon Guam's political status whereupon any U.S. citizen who decides to take residence on Guam (U.S. soil) is not currently protected by the U.S. Constitution, can't vote for president, and can have all rights revoked by Congress.
	ns.gov.gu /history.html (587 words)

	Congressional Record
		Renamed the USS Wake, the gunboat was captured by the Japanese in Shanghai on December 7, 1941.
		In 1954, the bell and plaque was presented to the governor of Guam who decided to have it displayed at the Nieves Flores Memorial Library where the people of the island could see it.
		On behalf of the people of Guam, the Guam Society of America, and the Guam community of Norfolk, Virginia, I would like to commend the officers and sailors who have made great contributions and focused attention to the good name of our home island by serving on the USS Guam.
	www.fas.org /man/congress/1998/h980805-guam.htm (690 words)

	Cruiser Photo Index CB-2 USS GUAM
		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 SEP 1944.
		USS Guam (CB-2) Halftone photo of the ship's bow during main battery gunnery practice, 1944-45.
		USS Guam (CB-2) Photographed in the Delaware River, circa January 1945.
	www.navsource.org /archives/04/1202/040202.htm (494 words)

	SoldierStory.org
		The USS Guam was commissioned in 1965 and decommissioned in 1997.
		Throughout its 32-year history, the USS Guam was a part of many historical events, including the Vietnam War, the Space Shuttle tragedy, Operation Desert Shield/Storm, and Opeartion Eastern Exit to name a few.
		USS Iwo Jima Association - This site was originally started in order to locate former crew members of the Amphibious Assault Ship U.S.S. IWO JIMA (LPH-2) (August 26, 1961 to July 14, 1993) and to provide information to the general public about the first ship of it's class.
	www.soldierstory.org /org-sites.htm (1045 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)

	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.
		The photographs were several shots of USS Guam as commissioned and showed the camouflage pattern nicely.
		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, Ships of Battlegroup
		Since they were fast enough to accompany the fast carriers, they were employed similarly to the fast battleships (and fast cruisers) during the war.
		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)

	U.S. Pacific Command: An Official Military Website Tue, May. 08, 2007
		BARRIGADA, GUAM- Crew members from USS Frank Cable (AS-40) use steel cutting saws on Jan. 2, to remove a portion of a radio tower that fell on the roof of a convalescent home in Barrigada, Guam.
		GUAM -- HM3 Jeffrey Ketchum digs a trench for the foundation of the Kamalen Karidat soup kitchen, while in port Guam Feb. 26.
		USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is currently deployed to the western Pacific.
	www.pacom.mil /guamtyphoon/0212typhoon/imagery3.shtml (396 words)

	USS Guam LPH9 Association - Commissioning
		This section is broken up into various scanned images of documentation during the commissioning of the USS Guam LPH-9.
		Biography on the Sponsor of the USS Guam, Mrs.
		USS Guam LPH-9 Commanding Officer, Normon E. Thurmon (scanned image)
	www.ussguam.org /commissioning (200 words)

	War in the Pacific NHP: The Defense of Guam
		Enrollment in Guam's schools totaled 4,775, of which 4,384 were in the elementary grades and 391 in high school.
		USS Gold Star, Guam's station ship, was ordered by Asiatic fleet to delay its departure for Guam "because of the international situation." The Gold Star was in the Philippines on a buying spree for the coming Christmas.
		Guam's military contingent was comprised of 274 navymen, the 153 Marines and 120 Insular Force guardsmen.
	www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/extContent/wapa/defense/defense1.htm (4311 words)

	USS City of Corpus Christi arrives in Guam
		The crew was greeted by their family members, many of whom have been on Guam since the summer preparing for their arrival.
		With the help of a local talk radio station, one spouse was able to speak to her husband on the submarine as it was pulling in, and many spouses were able to talk to relatives in the mainland United States.
		The second submarine, USS San Francisco (SSN 711), is scheduled to arrive in December, and the third submarine will arrive in 2004.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /news/2002/10/9.htm (650 words)

	MySpace.com Blogs - Andrew MySpace Blog
		On January 13th, 1945 the USS Alaska arrived at Pearl Harbor and was assigned to Task Group 12.2 for operations in the central Pacific.
		The Guam was laid down at the New York Shipbuilding Corp's yard at Camden, NJ on the 2nd of February 1942.
		The Guam's movements now mirrored those of her sister's for the rest of the war as the two were considered an inseparable pair.
	blog.myspace.com /93539638 (11077 words)

	Forward Deployed ARG Arrives in Guam
		The Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) is in Guam to offload embarked 31st MEU for training in an Urban Environment Exercise (TRUEX).
		USS ESSEX, Guam (NNS) -- The Forward-Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) arrived in Guam Jan. 24 to complete the transport of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) for Training in an Urban Environment Exercise (TRUEX), to be held in various locations on the island.
		While in Guam, the forward-deployed ARG Sailors will have the opportunity to participate in many water-oriented sports and enjoy the tropical climate of Guam.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=22092 (603 words)

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		USS George Washington and USS Guam to relieve USS America, USS Wasp NORFOLK (NWSA) -- The Sailors and Marines of the USS George Washington (CVN 73) Battle Group and the USS Guam (LPH 9) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), will depart their home ports and bases on Jan. 26 for a regularly scheduled deployment.
		The Guam ARG, commanded by CAPT William D. Young, Commander, Amphibious Squadron 2, will relieve the USS Wasp (LHD 1) ARG.
		In December, the battle group and ARG participated in Joint Task Force Exercise 96-1, their "final examination" before deployment, and the culmination of a year of intense preparation.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/amphibs/guam/dep0196.txt (276 words)

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		Moreover, it allows for an initial attack to be mounted with no loss of life or risk of loss of life, clearly a major advantage at the onset of hostilities.
		USS George Washington and USS Guam to relieve USS
		America, USS Wasp NORFOLK (NWSA) -- The Sailors and Marines of the USS George Washington (CVN 73) Battle Group and the USS Guam (LPH 9) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), will depart their home ports and bases on Jan. 26 for a regularly scheduled deployment.
	www.milnet.com /pentagon/battgrp.htm (788 words)

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