Tarakan Island
While anchored in Subic Bay, "Rocky Mount" welcomed Brig. Gen. L. Barham, RAA, 4 April, and departed for Morotai where all hands attended memorial services for the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. On the 23d, Brig. Gen. D. A. Whitehead, RAA, and his staff embarked and Rocky Mount got underway for landings on Tarakan Island, Borneo. Maj. Gen. G. F. Wooten, RAA, came on board at Morotai on 3 May, and the ship began its second part of the Borneo Campaign - the assault from Brunei Bay. After naval shore bombardment 10 June, "Rocky Mount" landed troops, and 1 week later she was underway for Leyte. En route Rear Admiral Royal died from a heart attack 18 June.