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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) under way, 21 October 1943, location unknown.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 84630 courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1976 |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) under way, 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, courtesy Shipscribe.com,
and US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 107686 |
Robert Hurst
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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RADM. Forrest B. Royal, USN, VADM. R. Kelly Turner, USN, Commander Amphibious Forces Pacific, and RADM. Walter S. Delaney, USN, planning shore
operations on board USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3), June 1944.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-307679 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) and USS Oak Hill (LSD-7) moored at the site
of the former coaling dock at Navy Base Pearl Harbor, 21 March 1944. Rocky Mount was scheduled to start an overhaul the next day and Oak Hill had
temporarily tied off following an aborted journey to the west coast that was cancelled two hours in following boiler problems.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-221095 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, College Park, MD. |
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VADM. R. Kelly Turner, USN, Commander Amphibious Forces Pacific Fleet, and numerous officers aboard USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3)
during Saipan island action, June 1944.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-307705 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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VADM. Richard K. Turner, USN, Commander Amphibious Forces Pacific Fleet aboard his flagship USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) off Saipan, 17 June 1944.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-231988 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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LT. GEN. Holland M. Smith, USMC (left) with VADM. Richard K. Turner, USN on board USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3), at H-hour of D-day
off Saipan, 15 June 1944.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-307681 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) at anchor, circa 1944-45, location unknown. |
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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) at anchor, date and location unknown. |
Hyperwar US Navy in WWII |
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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) at anchor at Zamboanga, Mindanao, P.I., 9 March 1945. Aboard Rocky Mount are
Commander Amphibious Group Six, RADM. Forrest B. Royal USN, Commanding General US 8th Army, LTGEN. Robert L. Eichelberger, USA and Commanding General US Army 41st Division,
MGEN. Jens Doe, USA.
Photo from ©PHoM1/c Ken Kracht's WWII Photo Album, Restoration, ©2020 Carl Kracht |
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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3), 29 April 1945, shortly before the Tarakan, Borneo operation. Those present include
(left-right): Mr. William Hipple war correspondent, air commodore A.H. Cobby, air vice marshal W.D. Bostock, RADM. Forrest B. Royal, USN, Brigadier D.A.
Whitehead commander, 26th Australian brigade, Brigadier White, and Mr. Caswell.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-359925 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) at anchor, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo courtesy Tomitch. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) at anchor off Morotai looking NNE toward the beach, 7 April 1945. |
Carl Kracht for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht |
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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) fire station, port side forward. |
Carl Kracht for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht |
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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) preparing to moor in the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China, 19 September 1945.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-259763 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) fog oil barrels and wooden crates is starboard side aft, looking aft, 01 level. |
Carl Kracht for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht |
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USS Nashville (CL-43) moored forward of
USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) moored inboard of USS Estes (AGC-12) on the Whangpoo River, at Shanghai, China in November 1945. |
Carl Kracht for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht |
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USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) drydocked at San Francisco, CA., in February 1946. |
Carl Kracht for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht |
USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3)
Memorabilia |
Plank owners certificate
Contributed by Jessica Leon
for her uncle Ellwood Harris RDM1/c USNR
USS Rocky Mount |
Command Amphibious Group Six Citation
issued to Ellwood G. Harris RDM2/c USNR
USS Rocky Mount for outstanding performance of duty.
Contributed by Jessica Leon for her uncle Ellwood Harris RDM1/c USNR
USS Rocky Mount |
Shellback Certificate
Contributed by Carl Kracht
for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht |
1944 Christmas Day Menu
Contributed by Carl Kracht
for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht |
1945 Thanksgiving Day Menu
Contributed by Carl Kracht
for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht |
1945 Christmas Card
Contributed by Carl Kracht
for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht |
1945 Navy Day
Contributed by Carl Kracht
for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht |
"Leyte - Philippine Islands"
Booklet produced after the Invasion of of the Philippine Islands
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"Lingayen Gulf - Luzon - Philippine Islands"
Booklet produced after the Invasion of of the Philippine Islands
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"Japan Surrenders - And"
Booklet produced at the Conclusion of World War II in the Pacific
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"Brass Hat' Queen Out in Open"
article by Ken Kracht PhoM1/c, North China Press, 8 Oct. 1945
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"Kinkaids's Flagship Rocky Mount Holds Imposing War Record; Led 9 Invasions"
Shanghai Herald, 28 Sept. 1945
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"CPO Shellback Times"
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