USS Guam (CB-2) was an Alaska-class large cruiser of the US Navy. Launched on12 November 1943, she was commission on 17 September 1944. She served in the Pacific for the last year of the war undertaking shore bombardment and anti-aircraft defense for the fast carriers. Post-war she was decommissioned in 1947 and sold for scrap in 1960.

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USS Hawaii CB-3 was intended to be the third member of the Alaska-class large cruisers. It was the first United States Navy ship to be named after the-then Territory of Hawaii. Because Hawaii’s construction was delayed by higher-priority ships like aircraft carriers, her keel was not laid until December 1943, about two years after her sister ship Guam. Hawaii was launched in late 1945, but post-war budget cutbacks necessitated her cancellation in 1947. Having been laid up for twelve years, the still incomplete ship was towed to breakers to be scrapped in 1959.

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