USS Guam (LPH-9)

USS Guam on 23 August 1990
History
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	Callsign: NAHM Hull number: LPH-9
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	Initially: 2 × 2 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, 8 cell Sea Sparrow BPDMS launchers, Later: 2 × Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	20 × CH-46 Sea Knights, 10 × MH-53E Sea Stallion, 3 × AH-1 Cobra

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.