USS Guam was an Alaska-class large cruiser which served with the United States Navy during the last year of World War II.

The ship was the second vessel of the US Navy to be named after the island of Guam, an American territory in the Pacific, and she was assigned the hull number CB-2.

After the end of the war, she assisted in the occupation of Korea and transported a contingent of US Army troops back to the United States.

[1] She carried four OS2U Kingfisher or SC Seahawk floatplanes, housed in two hangars,[2] with a pair of aircraft catapults mounted amidships.

Steam for the turbines was generated by eight oil-fired Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boilers, which were vented through a large funnel located amidships.

The propulsion system was rated to produce 150,000 shaft horsepower (110,000 kW), generating a top speed of 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph).

She proceeded through the Panama Canal to join the United States Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, which she reached on 8 February.

Guam was detached from the unit to escort the badly damaged carrier Franklin back to port, which lasted until 22 March.

[11] After returning to Okinawa in July, Guam was assigned to Cruiser Task Force 95, where she served as the flagship,[10] along with her sister Alaska, under the command of Rear Admiral Francis S.

[12] On 16 July, Guam and Alaska conducted a sweep into the East China and Yellow Seas to sink Japanese shipping.

[10] Shortly after returning to Okinawa, Guam became the flagship of the North China Force, again commanded by Rear Admiral Low.

She left Jinsen on 14 November bound for San Francisco, carrying a group of Army soldiers back to the United States.