USS Roanoke (CL-145)

37°16′06″N 79°56′26″W / 37.2682992°N 79.9404797°W / 37.2682992; -79.9404797

USS Roanoke underway, circa the early 1950s
History
United States
Name	Roanoke
Namesake	Roanoke, Virginia
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	15 May 1945
Launched	16 June 1947
Commissioned	4 April 1949
Decommissioned	31 October 1958
Stricken	1 December 1970
Identification	Callsign: NIQE Hull number: CL-145
Motto	Nunc Parati Sumus (Now we are prepared)
Honors and awards	See Awards
Fate	Scrapped, 22 February 1972
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General characteristics
Class and type	Worcester-class light cruiser
Displacement	14,700 long tons (14,936 t) (standard) 17,997 long tons (18,286 t) (full)
Length	664 ft (202 m) wl 679 ft 6 in (207.11 m) oa
Beam	70 ft .5 in (21.3 m)
Draft	25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion	4 × Westinghouse 620 psi boilers 4 × geared steam turbines 4 × screws 125,000 Horsepower
Speed	33 knots
Boats & landing craft carried	2-4 × lifeboats
Complement	1,560 officers and enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar AN/SPS-6 air-search radar AN/SPS-8A height-finding radar AN/URD-4 radio direction finder AN/URN-3 TACAN AN/SLR-2 ECM Receiver
Armament	Early: 6 × dual 6"/47cal guns 11 × dual 3"/50 caliber Mark 33 guns 2 × single 3"/50 caliber Mark 34 guns Later: 6 × dual 6"/47cal guns 10 × dual 3"/50 caliber Mark 33 guns 2 × single 3"/50 caliber Mark 34 guns
Armor	belt: 3–5 in (76–127 mm) deck: 3.5 in (89 mm) (max) turrets: 2–6.5 in (51–165 mm) barbettes: 5 in (127 mm) conning tower: 4.5 in (114 mm)
Aviation facilities	2 × aircraft catapults

USS Roanoke (CL-145) was the second ship of the Worcester-class light cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy shortly after the end of World War II. Commissioned in 1949, she served in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific before being decommissioned in 1958. She was sold for scrap in 1972.