Decommissioning

This section is broken up into various scanned images of documentation during the decommissioning of the USS Guam LPH-9. Click on a link with the corresponding topic to view the scanned image.

• Mission Statement, picture of USS Guam in Harbor, information on the Commissioning Pennant (scanned image)
  
• The Liberation of Guam - The Beginning (scanned image)
  
• The Liberation of Guam - Japanese Occupation (scanned image)
  
• The Liberation of Guam - The Battle (scanned image)
  
• The Liberation of Guam - The Meaning of Victory (scanned image)
  
• History of USS Guam Ships (The PG43, CB2, and LPH9) (scanned image)
  
• History of USS Guam LPH9 through 1976 (scanned image)
  
• History of USS Guam LPH9 through 1983 (scanned image)
  
• History of USS Guam LPH9 through 1998 (scanned image)
  
• Medals and Awards (scanned image)
  
• Letters from the Secretary of Defense, The Honorable William J. Cohen and the Secretary of the Nacy, the Honorable John H. Dalton (scanned image) (Non-scanned reproduction of letters)
  
• Letters from the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jay L. Johnson and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General C. C. Krulak (scanned image) (Non-scanned reproduction of letters)
  
• Decommissioning Ceremony - Schedule of Events (page 1) (scanned image)
  
• Decommissioning Ceremony - Schedule of Events (page 2) (scanned image)
  
• Biography on Principal Speaker, Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski, USN (scanned image)
  
• Biography on USS Guam Commanding Officer, Captain William J. Luti, USN (scanned image)
  
• Command at Sea with quotation from Joseph Conrad on commanding officer's and a letter from W.J. Luti (scanned image)
  
• Decommissioning Crew (A-B) (scanned image)
  
• Decommissioning Crew (B-H) (scanned image)
  
• Decommissioning Crew (H-N) (scanned image)
  
• Decommissioning Crew (N-W) (scanned image)
  
• Decommissioning Crew (W-Z) and Navy Hymn (scanned image)
  
• USS Guam commerative decommissioning envelope (scanned image)
  
  
  
  
• Navy Times Article on USS Guam Decommissioning (scanned image)
  
• Newspaper article on USS Guam Decommissioning (scanned image Page 1, scanned image Page 2)