Reserve Officers Candidate School - Rocs and Shoals Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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FIRE POWER USN Whether it's offense or defense, it's fire power that determines the final outcome of the battle. The Naval officer must be famil- iar with every type of arms and armament which is used by the Navy. At the right is pictured the his- toric Mighty Mo or the USS Missouri. She represents the finest in naval destructive power. lt was on this ship that the .lapa- nese surrender was signed, and without guns such as those which she carries on her deck, victory in the Pacific would have been postponed many wasteless months, if not years. The Officer Candidates learned in great detail both the techniques of operation, and the intricate mechanisms of many of the guns carried by the U. S. battlewagons. ll ll Gunnery to RCCS W' THE MIGHTY-MO Finest in naval destructive power. omraf- ' -: 23 CDR. C. M. SMITH Ofiicer-in-charge gunnery department. 67

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ROCS NAVIGATE USS TOLEDO Shipboard training played a very important part in the ROC training program so that the candidates would not be strangers to their tasks aboard ship after they were com- missioned. ln addition to numerous mine- sweeperslassigned, two heavy cruisers, the USS Toledo and the USS St. Paul were made available to the school for cruising in the Long Beach vicinity. On this page are pictures of ROCS aboard the USS Toledo. Above is the bridge ofthe cruiser showing the use of binoculars, a magnetic compass, and speaking tubes to the helmsman or the engine room. At the right a large group of candidates look over the situation in the, waters of the Pacific while a couple of officers help give them the right slant. Once aboard, the ship's crew acted as guides for conducted tours that covered at least twenty ditterent stations. Seeing gun turrets, the engine rooms, combat informa- tion center, etc. in operation commanded everyone's interest from dawn until dusk. A noon meal was served to ROCS in the ship's mess. For ROCS it proved that a navigator's work is never done. The meal, as well as the excellent treat- ment by the crew, was a good example of shipboard hospitality. ' The experience was invaluable. ,., gg . M ' T . ' X . -,g. Q ,g A y ff? ' , ,, v 1 ON THE BRIDGE Practical navigation. INSTRUCTION ABOARD Receiving pointers from ships' officers.

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LET'S LEARN ABOUT THE 5 sa AND THE 40 MM 'mf A A ' ' - 46- -.14 . ' E . A - A fb- 77 5 38 KOREA . CONFLICT Prodicol usage of theory. 40 MM 40 MM Pointing and training instruction. Loading inslrucfion.