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USS ROANOKE (CL-145)

       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - India - Quebec - Echo
CLASS - WORCESTER
Displacement 14,700 Tons, Dimensions, 679' 6" (oa) x 70' 8" x 25' (Max)
Armament 12 x 6"/47AA, 24 x 3"/50AA, 12 x 20mm.
Armor, 5" Belt, 6 1/2" Turrets, 3 1/2" Deck, 5" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 120,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 1401.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 15 May 1945 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ
Launched 16 JUN 1947
Commissioned 4 APR 1949
Decommissioned 31 OCT 1958
Stricken 1 DEC 1970
Fate Sold for scrap to Levin Metals Corporation of San Jose, CA on 22 FEB 1972
Two Hundred tons of Armor Plate from the USS Roanoke have been put to use at the Fermi National Accelerator Labratory.
(Thanks to Mark Janowski for this information)
Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski
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Roanoke 120k Overhead stern view, as built. USN
Roanoke 159k Overhead, Starboard bow, as built. (poor) USN
Roanoke
0414508		 282k Starboard bow view, date and location unknown. Robert M. Cieri
Roanoke 163k Highline transfer between the USS Roanole and USS Gainard (DD-706). Taken from USS Gainard by Bernard Devlin. Bill Devlin
Roanoke 149k USS Gainard (DD-706) making an approach on USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) while the Roanoke takes on fuel. Taken from USS Gainard (DD-706) by Bernard Devlin. Bill Devlin
Roanoke 60k Algiers, 1950. Larry Bohn
Roanoke 140k Algiers, 20 May 1954, just completed blowing tubes in the after boiler room. Ship behind is the USS Tidewater (AD-31). Larry Bohn
Roanoke
0414507		 1972k Underway in San Francisco Bay, California, at the time of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz' review of the First Fleet, 13 June 1957.

Photo taken by Allied Photographers of San Francisco.

 Robert M. Cieri
Roanoke
04145p01		 270k A painting of USS Roanoke (CL-145) entering San Francisco Bay in 1957 by artist Wayne Scarpaci. The title of the painting is "Summer Fog". Wayne Scarpaci
USS ROANOKE (CL-145) History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Tom Carter
Address: 620 Torrey Oaks Ct., Longwood, FL 32750
Phone: 407-767-9075
E-mail: tomtinac@earthlink.net
Date: April 21-24, 2006
Location: Valley Forge, PA

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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