U.S.S. Roanoke
CL-145
1956
(Neptun N-2340)
- Class: Worcester - 2 light cruisers of 1943
- Displacement: 14,935 tons
- Dimensions: 679'6" x 70'8" x 24'7"
- Machinery: 4 boilers, 4 geared trubines; 120,000 shp; 4 screws
- Speed: 33 knots
- Armor: 5in belt; 3.5in deck; 6.5in turrets, 5in conning tower
- Guns: 12-6"/47 DP (6x2), 22-3"/50 AA (10x2+2x1)
- Complement: 1401
- Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey
- Keel Laid: 15 May 1945
- Launched: 16 Jun 1947
- Commissioned: 4 Apr 1949
- Decommissioned: 31 Oct 1958
- Notes: Served in the Atlantic and Mediterranean to 1955, then shifted to Pacic until her decommissioning.
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