The Rock Thanks to the unnamed US Servicemen who took most of the official photographs shown on these pages. All Shipboard photos are Official U.S. Navy Photographs

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This page is maintained by Paul Berver.
Comments, corrections and additional materials are welcomed.

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Materials from the private collection of Ruff Berver

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Additional materials from the private collections of
W. Robert Swartz, John Vreeland,
E.T. Grolla, Carl J. Beddows, Milton A. Rhea and Ken Camozzi.

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The Wartime History was produced by the Staff of the Rocky Mount at the end of the war.

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The maps were generated through the courtesy of Xerox-Parc.

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Samuel Elliot Morrison, The Two Ocean War,
Little, Brown &;Company,1963

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Henry Salomon & Richard Hanser, Victory at Sea,
National Broadcasting Company,1952

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Thomas Bailey, The American Pageant,
D.C. Heath and Company,1966

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The Birthday Card
was produced by the
Staff of the USS Rocky Mount Press.

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Unidentified Home Town Press Clippings
are from the scrapbooks of Crew Members which were reprinted in
The Rock Report,
a newsletter for friends and shipmates of the USS Rocky Mount.

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The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships,
DANFS Online
links and text courtesy of Andrew Toppan.

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Current photographs of Saipan were provided through the courtesy of The Saipan Chamber of Commerce.
http://www.saipan.com/

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