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William Marshall Roark was born on 23 October 1943 at Sioux City, Iowa. Appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1956, he graduated and was commissioned ensign on 8 June 1960 and advanced to the rank of lieutenant, 1 June 1964. He attended the naval flight school at Pensacola, Fla., and Corpus Christi, Tex., and subsequently reported for duty in Attack Squadron 153 on board USS Coral Sea (CVA 43). Lieutenant Roark was killed in action 7 April 1965 while on a bombing mission over North Vietnam.
USS Roark (DE 1053) (1969-1991) was the first ship to be named in his honor, and the first ship to be named for someone lost in the Vietnam War.
(Photo from the site: U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1960) |
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undated, broadside view of the Knox class ship, USS Roark (FF 1053), clearly showing her stern mounted missile system. |
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late 1970's: at Sydney Harbor, Australia (Photo © Barry Seward) |
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14 September 1990: At sea - A port bow view of Roark underway. (Note date of photo. Date has to be incorrect since the hull upgrade isn't done yet.) (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-11614 by PHAN Burgess from the Defense Visual Information Center ) |
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12 May 1981: At sea - A port bow view of Roark underway en route to Hawaii. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-90-11732 by PH3 Swinland from the DVIC ) |
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15 June 1982: NavSta, Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I. - An aerial view of the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility. Berthed at the shipyard are the Knox-class frigates Roark and USS Harold E. Holt (FF 1074). Moored alongside them is the guided missile frigate USS Brooke (FFG 1). (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-84-06232 by PH1 David McLean from the DVIC ) |
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April 1983: the North Central Pacific Ocean - Taken during FleetEx 83-1 from USCGC Rush (WHEC 723). USS Roark approached us from astern as we formed a gun line for an upcoming gunnery exercise. |
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1996: Naval Inactive ship Maintence Facility, Bremerton, Wash. - Roark in reserve, nested with Francis Hammond (FF 1067), Knox (FF 1052) and Hepburn (FF 1055) alongside. (Photo © James H. Hopper III) |
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July 1994: Naval Inactive ship Maintence Facility, Bremerton, Wash. - Sailfish (USS 572), Francis Hammond (FF 1067), Stein (FF 1065) and Roark in mothballs at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. (Photo by Gilbert Gyssels). |
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27 July 1996: Naval Inactive ship Maintence Facility, Bremerton, Wash. - Francis Hammond (FF 1067), Stein (FF 1065), Roark, and New Jersey (BB 62) in mothballs, nested at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. (Photos by Gilbert Gyssels) |
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11 February 2004: Roark passing San Padre Island, Tex. on the way to International Shipbreaking (from the website of International Shipbreaking Corp., Brownsville TX) |
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19 February 2004: Brownsville, Tex. - Roark awaits the cutting torches at the shipbreakers in the Port of Brownsville. (Photo from Pinemikey's Pbase Galleries) |
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William M. Roark's place on the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC. Panel 1E Line 107. Panel 1E is right where the memorial bends. |
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