USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7), the third Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship (helicopter), was launched by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 16 March 1963, sponsored by Zola Shoup, wife of General Shoup, the former Commandant of the Marine Corps; and commissioned 20 July 1963. It was the second ship in the Navy to bear the name.

USS GUADALCANAL was the third IWO JIMA - class amphibious assault ship (helicopter) and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. Decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on August 31, 1994, the GUADALCANAL was subsequently laid up at the James River Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis, VA.

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Aug 31, 1994 · The second Guadalcanal (LPH-7), an amphibious assault ship, was launched by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 16 March 1963, sponsored by Mrs. David Shoup, wife of the former Commandant of the Marine Corps; and commissioned 20 July 1963, Captain Dale K. Peterson in command.

USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7), the third Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship (helicopter), was launched by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 16 March 1963, sponsored by Mrs. David Shoup, wife of General Shoup, the former Commandant of the Marine Corps; and commissioned 20 July 1963, Captain Dale K...

The first USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) was an escort carrier in service from 1943 to 1946. The second USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) was an Iwo Jima -class amphibious assault ship in service from 1963 to 1994.

USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7), an amphibious assault ship, was launched by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 16 March 1963, sponsored by Mrs. David Shoup, wife of the former Commandant of the Marine...

Oct 30, 2024 · USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) underway off Beirut, Lebanon on 13 May 1983, with several CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters on its flight deck (NH 107673). This H-gram was originally drafted in November 2023 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1983 Lebanon Crisis, but required some additional revision and editorial preparation.

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