USS Guam (CB-2) was an Alaska-class large cruiser of the US Navy. Launched on12 November 1943, she was commission on 17 September 1944. She served in the Pacific for the last year of the war undertaking shore bombardment and anti-aircraft defense for the fast carriers. Post-war she was decommissioned in 1947 and sold for scrap in 1960.
USS Guam (CB-2) during her fitting-out phase of construction in July 1944USS Guam aerial starboard bow view, 25 October 1944.USS Guam (CB-2) aerial port bow view, 25 October 1944USS Guam (CB-2) aerial stern view, 25 October 1944.USS Guam (CB-2) aerial port bow view, 25 October 1944USS Guam (CB-2) aerial port bow view, 25 October 1944USS Guam (CB-2) Port quarter overhead view, 25 October 1944.USS Guam port bow view, 25 October 1944.USS Guam (CB-2) Coming out of a turn, circa 1944USS Guam underway during her shakedown cruise in November 1944USS Guam Moored in Bayonne, NJ, 1946. Note the waterlineUSS Guam taken in September 1945 off Korea from the USS Wilkes (DD 441)USS Guam (CB-2) USS Guam (CB-2) USS Guam (CB-2) Underway during shakedown on 13 November 1944USS Guam (CB-2) Photographed off Trinidad on 13 November 1944 during shakedown trainingUSS Guam (CB-2) Photographed in the Delaware River, circa January 1945The 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.
