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USS Guam (LPH-9)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Guam |
| Namesake | Guam |
| Ordered | 21 December 1959 |
| Builder | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down | 15 November 1962 |
| Launched | 22 August 1964 |
| Commissioned | 16 January 1965 |
| Decommissioned | 25 August 1998 |
| Stricken | 25 August 1998 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Swift and bold[citation needed] |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 16 October 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship |
| Displacement | 19,217 tons |
| Length | 603 ft (184 m) |
| Beam | 84 ft (26 m) |
| Draught | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 600 psi (4 MPa) boilers, one geared steam turbines, one shaft, 22,000 shaft horse power |
| Speed | 23 knots |
| Complement | 718 (80 officer, 638 enlisted) |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 20 × CH-46 Sea Knights, 10 × MH-53E Sea Stallion, 3 × AH-1 Cobra |
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USS Guam (LPH-9), was an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship, and was laid down by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 15 November 1962; launched on 22 August 1964, sponsored by Mrs. Vaughn H. Emory Green, and commissioned on 16 January 1965. She was the third US Navy ship to carry the name, after the US Territory of Guam.
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