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Guadalcanal - A military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major
land offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. On 7 August 1942, Allied forces, predominantly United States Marines, landed on Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida in the southern
Solomon Islands, with the objective of using Guadalcanal and Tulagi as bases in supporting a campaign to eventually capture or neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain.
The Japanese defenders, who had occupied those islands since May 1942, were outnumbered and overwhelmed by the Allies, who captured Tulagi and Florida, as well as the airfield – later named
Henderson Field – that was under construction on Guadalcanal. Surprised by the Allied offensive, the Japanese made several attempts between August and November to retake Henderson Field. Three
major land battles, seven large naval battles (five nighttime surface actions and two carrier battles), and almost daily aerial battles culminated in the decisive Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in
early November, with the defeat of the last Japanese attempt to bombard Henderson Field from the sea and to land enough troops to retake it. In December, the Japanese abandoned their efforts
to retake Guadalcanal, and evacuated their remaining forces by 7 February 1943 (Wikipedia).
Photo - U.S. First Division Marines storm ashore across Guadalcanal's beaches on D-Day, 7 August 1942, from the transport
USS Barnett (AP-11) and the cargo ship
USS Fomalhaut (AK-22).
[[File:U.S. Marines storm ashore on Guadalcanal, 7 August 1942 (80-CF-112-5-3).jpg|U.S. Marines storm ashore on Guadalcanal, 7 August 1942 (80-CF-112-5-3)]]
U.S. National Archives photo 80-CF-112-5-3 from First Offensive: The Marine Campaign For Guadalcanal. Marines in World War II Commemorative Series (Wikipedia)
Map - Route of Allied landing forces to Tulagi and Guadalcanal islands, August 7, 1942.
Hough, Frank O.; Ludwig, Verle E., and Shaw, Henry I., Jr. (Unknown date). Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. (Wikipedia)
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Guadalcanal (LPH 7) launch and christening, 16 March 1963, at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway, date and location unknown.
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Photo by Stephen F Rich USS Guadalcanal 1967 to 1971. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway, date and location unknown. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway, date and location unknown.
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) circa 1960s, location unknown.
Courtesy Ray D. Beans Collection.
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Norfolk, VA., date unknown. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) being assisted by Wapakoneta (YTB-766) and two unidentified tugs at Norfolk, VA., 10 August 1964. Underway in the background is USS O'Hare DD-889 |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway off the south coast of England, in 1965. Note the large number of U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse helicopters parked on her flight deck. Photo courtesy Wright & Logan, Southsea, England. |
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Radio correspondent Don Blair aboard USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) for the recovery of the
Gemini 10 astronauts and space capsule in July 1966. The helicopter is an SH-3A Sea King, from HS-3 "Tridents," CVSG-56. |
Bob Fish, Trustee, USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum, and author, Hornet + 3: The Story of the Apollo 11 Recovery |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at anchor off Curacao, 1967. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) sailors line the rails as she weighs anchor and gets underway from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 1967. The stern of USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32) is visible on the right edge of the photo. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway while conducting training operations in the Caribbean Sea, circa 1967-68. |
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Boasting new features and more powerful engines than its predecessor, a Marine CH-46D Sea Knight helicopter prepares to land aboard
USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) in 1967..
US Navy photo from "Aircraft Carriers" by Norman Polmar. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) date and location unknown.
US Navy photo by Stephen F Rich USS Guadalcanal 1967 to 1971. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway, date and location unknown. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway off Norfolk, VA., date unknown
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway off Norfolk, VA., date unknown
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway off St. Eustaceus Island during exercises in 1969.
US Navy photo. |
Photo by Stephen F Rich USS Guadalcanal 1967 to 1971. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) returning to NOB Norfolk, 17 March 1969, after the recovery of Apollo 9.
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U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse helicopter (BuNo 145801) from Marine Medium Helicopter
Squadron HMM-772 operating from USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) in August 1971. These ship-to-shore flights between the Guadalcanal and Marine Corps
Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, represented the last amphibious exercise by the Marine Corps employing the UH-34 helicopter. UH-34D (145801) was retired, 17 December 1971.
U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No's 2011.041.001 |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) and USS El Paso (LKA-117)
refueling from USS Pawcatuck (AO-108), during operation "Snowy Beach", in January 1972.
US National Archives Photo # USN 115089 now in the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Port au Prince, Haiti, April 1975 |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 1975 |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Norfolk, VA., July 1975 |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) off Onslow Beach, N.C., 25 September 1975. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Norfolk, VA., January 1976 |
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A CH46 helicopter, on USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7)'s flight deck, Norfolk, VA., January 1976 |
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A Cobra helicopter on USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7)'s flight deck, Norfolk, VA., January 1976 |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Augusta Bay, Sicily, February 1976 |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) aground, Augusta Bay Sicily. On the night of 27/28 January 1976 there were three groundings and at least two collisions during this period.
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Genoa, Italy, March 1976 |
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One of USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7)'s helicopters crash, Mediterranean Sea, March 1976 |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) anchored in the Kithira Straits, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, 25 June 1976, with the rest of her amphibious ready group. Note USS Connole (DE-1056) in the background. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Rota, Spain, July 1976 |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Morehead City, SC, October 1976 |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Southampton, UK, November 1976 |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Rota, Spain, November 1976 |
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A CH53 helicopter on USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7)'s flight deck, Atlantic Ocean, February 1977 |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway in May 1977, showing a newly resurfaced flight deck. The markings contrasting with circular helicopter spots of earlier years.
US Navy photo. |
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A CH53-2 helicopter on USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7)'s flight deck, Atlantic Ocean, February 1977 |
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A CH-46 belonging to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH-461) on the flight deck of USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) circa January - June 1977 |
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A CH-53 belonging to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH-461) on the flight deck of USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) circa January - June 1977. After taking off the nose gear was not properly centered when it was retracted. During recovery maintenance personnel were called out onto the flight deck to get the nose gear to extend properly. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway, date and location unknown.
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Barcelona, Spain, late December 1977. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Barcelona, Spain, late December 1977. Note, two of her original four 3"/50 gun mounts had been replaced by Sea Sparrow BPDMS (forward of the island and on the port quarter), but she had not yet received the SPN-35 blind-approach radar (typically enclosed in a large radome abaft the island). |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Barcelona, Spain, late December 1977. Note, the self-defense ECM antenna cantilevered out from the ship's port side at flight deck level, near the stern. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway in the Atlantic, 25 May 1978.
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) moored pierside at NOB Norfolk, VA., July 1978. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) refueling the guided missile destroyer USS Semmes (DDG-18), during Exercise AHUAS TARA II, off the coast of Honduras.
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Flight deck directors reposition AV-8C Harrier aircraft on the flight deck of USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) during Exercise AHUAS TARA II, off the coast of Honduras.
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) moored pierside at Genoa, Italy, 16 February 1986, during a routine port visit.
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) moored pierside at Palma de Mallorca in 1986, during a routine port visit.
During this deployment (November 1985 to May 1986), Guadalcanal embarked the 26th MAU, helicopter squadron HMM-263 and Dets. from HMH-464 and
HML-167.
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Rota Spain, June 1987
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Rota Spain, June 1987
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A U.S. Navy Sikorsky RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14)
during 1987 minesweeping operations in the Persian Gulf.
U.S. Navy photo from the USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) 1987 cruise book.>/i> |
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A U.S. Navy Sikorsky RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14
(HM-14) in the Persian Gulf, 18 August 1987. HM-14 operated from USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7).
U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-ST-88-00919, a US Navy photo by PH3 Cleveland, USN. |
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A U.S. Navy Sikorsky RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14
(HM-14) towing a minesweeping sled during operations in the Persian Gulf, 1 November 1987. USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) is in the background.
U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-ST-88-05668, a US Navy photo by PH2 Jeff Elliot USN. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway, circa 1988, location unknown.
Courtesy Ray D. Beans Collection.
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway in the Mediterranean Sea during 1989 deployment.
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7), at Palma de Mallorca, Spain, April 1991. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) underway, date and location unknown.
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) underway with a variety of helicopter types on her flight-deck including Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallions, Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knights, Bell UH-1 Iroquois and AH-1 Sea Cobras, date and location unknown.
US DoD Photo. Photo and text from "Carriers: The Men and The Machines" by David Miller and Lindsay Peacock. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) underway, date and location unknown.
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Starboard bow view of USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) at anchor in a fjord, 22 March 1992. Guadalcanal was taking part in NATO Exercise Teamwork 92.
Defenseimagery.mil photo # DN-SC-95-00851 by PHC Robert K. Hemmerly |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway in New York harbor, 20 May 1992. |
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An aerial starboard beam view of USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) passing under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge en route to New York City harbor for Navy Fleet
Week '92 activities.
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A port beam view of USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) passing the Statue of Liberty at the entrance to New York harbor. She is visiting New York City for Navy Fleet Week '92 activities.
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Starboard aerial view of USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) passing the Statue of Liberty at the entrance to New York harbor. She is visiting New York City for Navy Fleet Week '92 activities.
Defense Imagery photo # passing the Ellis Island Memorial Immigration Center on 20 May 1992 as the ship arrives at New York City for Fleet Week '92 NEW YORK HARBOR (20 May 1992), a US Navy photo by PHC Robert Hemmerly, now in the collections of Defense Imagery.mil. |
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U.S. Navy Kaman UH-2A Seasprite (BuNo 149023) of
Helicopter
Combat Support Squadron 4 (HC-4) on the flight deck of USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7), 8 August 1970. 149023 was later converted to an SH-2F and retired to the
AMARC ( Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center) as 8H0025. 30 March 1993.
Photo courtesy Wikipedia - RuthAS, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. |
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Aerial view of USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) moored pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, VA. during PC-3C approach to NAS Norfolk, October 1991. |
Photo by CAPT. Mark Heilenday, USN Ret. |
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USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) moored pierside at NOB Norfolk, VA., May 1994. |
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An aerial view of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard looking west/northwest, 30 October 1995. The shipyard closed, 30 September 1995, but the Navy Intermediate Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) continues to store decommissioned ships. Vessels visible , left to right: the battleships USS Iowa (BB-61), and USS Wisconsin (BB-64) at the DD wharf; USS Sylvania (AFS-2), USS Milwaukee (AOR-2) and USS Savannah (AOR-4) at pier 5; the aircraft carriers
USS Forrestal (CV-59) and
USS Saratoga (CV-60); at pier 4; the amphibious assault ships USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) and USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) at pier 2. In the back pool is the heavy cruiser USS Des Moines (CA-134) and numerous destroyers and frigates.DOD photo # DN-SC-97-00422 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (30 October 1995), a US Navy photo by Robert J. Sitar, now in the collections of Defense Imagery.mil. |
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Ex-USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis, VA, 3 May 2001 |
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