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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Alpha - November NTAN

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row American Campaign Medal - Asiatic -Pacific Campaign Medal (7) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

Appalachian Class Amphibious Force Command Ship:

Laid down, 4 December 1942, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC 202) at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.

Launched, 7 March 1943

Acquired by the Navy, 13 March 1943

Converted for Naval Service at Bethlehem Steel Co., Hoboken, N.J.

Commissioned USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3), 16 October 1943, CAPT. Stanley F. Patten in command

During World War II USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Marshall Islands operation Occupation ok Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls - 31 January to 8 February 1944 Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll - 17 February to 2 March 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings - 9 January
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan - 15 June to 10 August 1944 Capture and occupation of Guam - 21 July to 15 August 1944	Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings - Zamboanga - 8 to 23 March 1945
Tinian capture and occupation 21 July to 15 August 1944	Borneo operations Tarakan Island operation - 27 April to 5 May 1945 Brunei Bay operation - 7 to 12 June 1945
Leyte operations Leyte landings - 20 October 1944

Following World War II USS Rocky Mount was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
9 to 13 September 1945	14 September to 10 November 1945

Decommissioned, 22 March 1947, at San Francisco, CA.

Transferred to the San Francisco Group Pacific Reserve Fleet

Laid up, 15 June 1960, in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Permanent custody to the Maritime Administration, 30 June 1960

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 March 1973, to Zidell Explorations, Portland, OR., (for non-transportation use), delivered, 28 March 1973

USS Rocky Mount earned seven battle stars, and the Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 7,240 t.(lt) 13.910t.(fl)
Length 459' 2"
Beam 63'
Draft 24'
Speed 16.4 kts.
Complement

Officers 31

Enlisted 472
Flag Accommodations

Officers 92

Enlisted 351
Largest Boom Capacity 15 t.
Armament

two single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

fourteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
Fuel Capacities

NSFO 23,400 Bbls

Diesel 665 Bbls
Propulsion

one De Laval geared steam turbine

two Combustion Engineering D-type boilers, 465psi 765°

double De Laval Main Reductions Gears

Ship's Service Generators

four turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.

one Diesel-drive 100 Kw 450V A.C.

single propeller, 6,000shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
111k	*USS Rocky Mount* (AGC-3)** underway, 23 October 1943. US National Archives photo # RG-19-LCM. Photo # 19-N-54447, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
40k	*USS Rocky Mount* (AGC-3)** at anchor, date and location unknown.
47k	*USS Rocky Mount* (AGC-3)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
84k	*USS Rocky Mount* (AGC-3)** at anchor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo courtesy Tomitch.	Robert Hurst
1031k	*USS Rocky Mount* (AGC-3)** plank owners certificate	Jessica Leon for her uncle Ellwood Harris RDM2/c USNR USS Rocky Mount
936k	Command Amphibious Group Six Citation issued to Ellwood G. Harris RDM2/c USNR, *USS Rocky Mount* (AGC-3)** for outstanding performance of duty.	Jessica Leon for her uncle Ellwood Harris RDM2/c USNR USS Rocky Mount

USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) Interior Views - 4 January 1944 Source: NARA II, College Park, CINCPAC Confidential Files, 1943-45 Contributed by Tracy White
CIC looking to port	Radio #1 port forward	Intelligence office-forward	Main Com Room port side
Radio #1 stbd forward	Joint Operations Room, port	Joint Operations Room, fwd	Sup desk & control patch Boards

USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Patten, Stanley Fletcher :RADM	15 October 1943 - November 1944
02	CAPT. Hardesty, Fred Archibald	November 1944 - 6 August 1945
03	CAPT. Katz, Benjamin Jacob :RADM	6 August 1945 - 31 May 1946
04		31 May 1946 - 22 March 1947


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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