Iwo Jima-class Amphibious Assault Ships
LPH-7 USS Guadalcanal
Highlights of Ship's Service History
An aerial starboard side view of the amphibious ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7) passing the Ellis Island Memorial Immigration Center as the ship arrives at New York City for Fleet Week '92.
U.S. Navy photo
Photo source: Wikipedia
21 Dec 1959
Contract awarded to the U.S. Navy Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA
1 Sep 1961
Keel laid
16 Mar 1963
Launched
20 Jul 1963
Commissioned
21 Jul 1966
Recovery ship for Gemini X
13 Mar 1969
Recovery ship for Apollo 9
24 Sep 1981
Collided with T-AO-109 USNS Waccamaw during UNREP near Italy. Minor damage, no casualties.
1987
Helicopters from Guadalcanal stopped, and Marines from Guadalcanal boarded and captured, the Iran Ajar, which was laying mines in the shipping lanes of the Persian Gulf. This was the second enemy combatant ship captured by the U.S. Navy since the War of 1812; the first was when the Guadalcanal's namesake, the escort carrier CVE-60 USS Guadalcanal, captured the German u-boat U-505 in the south Atlantic in June of 1944.
31 Aug 1994
Decommissioned
31 Aug 1994
Stricken from the Navy List
19 May 2005
Sunk during a fleet training exercise.
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U. S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register Wikipedia NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Haze Gray & Underway |
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