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USS Roanoke (AOR-7)

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Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2) Iran/Indian Ocean) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Wichita Class Replenishment Oiler:
  • Laid down, 19 January 1974, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA.
  • Launched, 7 December 1974
  • Commissioned USS Roanoke (AOR-7), 30 October 1976
  • Decommissioned, 6 October 1995
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 6 October 1995
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Title transfer to MARAD, 18 December 1998
  • Final Disposition, undetermined
    Specifications:
    Displacement 14,048 t.(lt) 39,790 t.(fl)
    Length 659'
    Beam 96'
    Draft 37' (max.)
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement 34 Officers, 463 Enlisted
    Armament
    two Phalanx Close-In-Weapons System (CIWS)
    Sparrow Missile System (NSSMS)
    Aircraft two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters
    Propulsion three boilers, two steam turbines, twin shafts, 32,000shp
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    Roanoke 296k USS Roanoke (AOR-7) Welcome Aboard pamphlet cover. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Roanoke 415k USS Roanoke (AOR-7) refueling USS Gridley (CG-21) and an unidentified destroyer, circa April-May 1978 . Note two other ships trailing while waiting their turn to come alongside Roanoke. Photo was taken during the ships WESTPAC 78 deployment (January to July 1978), probably in the either the Philippine Sea or South China Sea. Bruce McDermid MM2 USS Roanoke
    Roanoke 57k USS Roanoke (AOR-7), from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), mid-Pacific, 1991. Photo by AMS3 Rowan
    Roanoke 79k USS Roanoke (AOR-7) moored, Naval Station Pearl Harbor, date unknown. Photo Dr. Keneth Hartman
    Roanoke 91k USS Roanoke (AOR-7) main deck, date and location unknown Photo Dr. Keneth Hartman
    Roanoke 73k USS Roanoke (AOR-7) main deck, looking forward, date and location unknown Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Roanoke 76k USS Roanoke (AOR-7) main deck, looking aft, date and location unknown Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Roanoke 51k USS Roanoke (AOR-7) moored pierside at Long Beach, CA., date unknown Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Roanoke 71k USS Roanoke (AOR-7) at anchor, date and location unknown. Photo Dr. Keneth Hartman
    Roanoke 71k USS Roanoke (AOR-7) at anchor, date and location unknown. Photo Dr. Keneth Hartman
    Roanoke 79k USS Roanoke (AOR-7) at anchor in Long Beach harbor, CA., date unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Roanoke 116k USS Roanoke (AOR-7) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge as she enters San Francisco Bay, date unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Roanoke 89k USS Roanoke (AOR-7) underway, date and location unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Roanoke 110k Ex-USS Roanoke (AOR-7) view of main deck while laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., May 2008. Michael McDermott
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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