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War Prisoner's Wife To Sponsor Cruiser
For the first time the wife of an American prisoner of war will sponsor a major unit of the Navy when the cruiser USS Guam (CB 2) is launched Sunday at the New York Shipbuilding Corp. yards. She is Mrs. George Johnson McMillin, whose husband, a Navy Captain, was Governor and commandant of Guam when the Japanese captured it in December, 1941.
The Guam is the second of a class of large cruisers, smaller than battleships but larger than the biggest earlier heavy cruisers. The first of the ships, named for territories and insular possessions, was the USS Alaska (CB 1), launched at the same yards.
Capt. McMillin, whose home is Youngstown, Ohio, is being held at Taiwan Camp, Formosa, with prisoners from the Philippines area. Wives of his two aides will be Mrs. McMillin's matrons of honor at the launching. They are Mrs. Donald Giles of Annapolis, Md., and Mrs. Charles Todd of Columbus, Ohio. Wives of other captured officers of the Guam garrison also are being invited. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
International Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 18 November 1943, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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The second USS 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.
Pictured here is her sponsor at the launching ceremony of the SS American Victory at California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island. Commodore Schuyler F. Heim on left, Mrs. George J. McMillin is 2nd from left, Mrs. William Mack on right. |
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Commissioning Program, 17 September 1944 |
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Commissioning Program, 17 September 1944 |
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Commissioning Program, 17 September 1944 |
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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 September 1944. Copied from the ship's wartime
cruise book, "U.S.S. Guam: Her Story, 1944-1945".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 90735.
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USS Guam (CB 2) Halftone photo of the ship's commissioning ceremony,
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 17 September 1944. Copied from the ship's wartime
cruise book, "U.S.S. Guam: Her Story, 1944-1945".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 90734.
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Undated starboard side view at anchor. |
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Port bow view, 25 October 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo #2339-44
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Aerial starboard bow view, 25 October 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo #2341-44
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Aerial port bow view, 25 October 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo #2342-44
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Aerial port bow view, 25 October 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo #2343-44
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Port quarter overhead view, 25 October 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo #2345-44
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Aerial bow view, 25 October 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo #2347-44
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Aerial stern view, 25 October 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo #2348-44
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Underway during her shakedown cruise in November 1944 |
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USS Guam (CB 2) Underway during shakedown on 13 November 1944.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 97132.
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USS Guam (CB 2) Coming out of a turn, circa 1944.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 97131.
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USS Guam (CB 2) Photographed off Trinidad on 13 November 1944
during shakedown training.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 67519.
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USS Guam (CB 2) Halftone photo of the ship conducting main battery
gunnery practice during shakedown off Trinidad, November-December 1944.
Copied from the ship's wartime cruise book, "U.S.S. Guam: Her Story,
1944-1945".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 90736.
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USS Guam (CB 2) Halftone photo of the ship's bow during main
battery gunnery practice, 1944-45. Copied from the ship's wartime cruise
book, "U.S.S. Guam: Her Story, 1944-1945".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 90740.
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USS Guam (CB 2) Photographed in the Delaware River, circa January
1945.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 92283.
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USS Guam (CB 2) Moored at Pearl Harbor on 21 February 1945.
The port catapult and aircraft crane are trained over the side.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the National Archives, #80-G-322264
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Image of the USS Guam taken in September 1945 off
Korea from the USS
Wilkes (DD 441). From the collection of William J. Mosher located
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Moored in Bayonne, NJ, 1946. Note the waterline. |
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A COUPLE OF TUGS PUSH THE HUGE battleship Washington (BB 56) towards the dock at the naval depot at Bayonne, N. J. The big ship will be inactivated, but held ready should there be use for her in the future. At top are the batttle cruisers Guam (CB 2) and Alaska (CB 1), also taken off active duty.
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Image and text provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC.
International Photo from The Wilmington Morning Star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 23 June 1947, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Photographed at Bayonne Naval Supply Depot, New Jerseyon on 15 April 1953 with ships in reserve. The 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. Also present are the escort carriers Card (CVE-11), Croatan (CVE-25), Mission Bay (CVE-59), and Guadalcanal (CVE-60) along with the cruisers Providence (CL-82), Little Rock (CL-92), Spokane (CLAA-120) and Fresno (CLAA-121). One of the two CLAAs is tied up outboard of the Alaskas.
Photo 80-G-480262 courtesy of history.navy.mil
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Guam (left) and Alaska (right) moored in Bayonne, NJ, date unknown. |
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