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NOT SO FAST ADOLF WW2 U.S. PATRIOTIC CACHET USS ROANOKE COVER With Sc# 805.
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Condition:Hitler is in the clutches of the American eagle's talons as he persists in hanging onto the globe in this cachet by Jacques Minkus. Dated after the war 1949"NOT SO FAST ADOLF" WW2 U.S. PATRIOTIC CACHET USS ROANOKE COVER WITH SC# 805 Hitler is ... Read More
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- United States
- Catalog Number
- 805
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- General Issue
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- Cover (Postal History)
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- Year of Issue
- 1938
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Condition:Hitler is in the clutches of the American eagle's talons as he persists in hanging onto the globe in this cachet by Jacques Minkus. Dated after the war 1949"NOT SO FAST ADOLF" WW2 U.S. PATRIOTIC CACHET USS ROANOKE COVER WITH SC# 805Hitler is in the clutches of the american eagle's talons as he persists in hanging onto the globe in this cachet by jacques minkus. Dated after the war 1949
Uss _roanoke_ (cl-145)
From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships of the same name, see USS Roanoke.
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USS Roanoke_ (CL-145) in January 1950
History
_United States
Name:
Roanoke_
Namesake:
Roanoke, Virginia
Builder:
New York Shipbuilding Corporationof Camden, New Jersey
Laid Down:
15 May 1945
Launched:
16 June 1947
Commissioned:
4 April 1949
Decommissioned:
31 October 1958
Struck:
1 December 1970
Identification:
Hull Symbol: CL-145
Motto:
"Nunc Parati Sumus"
Fate:
Sold to Levin Metals Corporation of San Jose, Calif. on 22 February 1972
General Characteristics
Class & Type:
_Worcester_-class light cruiser
Displacement:
14,700 tons
Length:
679 ft
Beam:
70 ft
Draft:
25 ft
Propulsion:
* General Electric turbines
* 4 boilers
* 4 shafts
* 120,000 shp
Speed:
33 knots (38.0 mph; 61.1 km/h)
Complement:
1401 officers and enlisted
Armament:
* 12 × 6"/47 DP guns (6×2)
* 24 × 3"/50 AA
* 12 × 20 mm 70 cal. anti-aircraft guns
The fourth USS _ROANOKE_ (CL-145) was one of two _Worcester_-class light cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy shortly after the end of World War II.
Construction and Commissioning[Edit]
_Roanoke_ was laid down on 15 May 1945 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey; launched 16 June 1947; sponsored by Miss Julia Ann Henebry; and commissioned at Philadelphia 4 April 1949, Capt. Bernard R. Cadden in command.
Service[Edit]
Following shakedown in the Caribbean, _Roanoke_ undertook maneuvers in the Atlantic as a unit of the Battleship-Cruiser Force and on 6 January 1950 got underway to join the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean for her first extended deployment. Returning to the United States in May, she alternated 6th Fleet deployments with operations in the western Atlantic until the summer of 1952 when she added a midshipman's cruise toEurope and the Caribbean to her schedule. Continuing to operate in the Battleship-Cruiser Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet until the fall of 1955,_Roanoke_ completed her sixth Mediterranean deployment in May, then prepared for transfer to the Pacific Fleet.
On 22 September 1955, _Roanoke_ departed Norfolk, Va., for thePanama Canal. Homeported at Long Beach, she conducted nine Naval Reserve cruises and completed three WestPac cruises, May to December 1956, September 1957 to March 1958, and September to October 1958, before decommissioning 31 October 1958. She was berthed at Mare Island until sold to the Levin Metals Corporation of San Jose, California on 22 February 1972.
References[Edit]
_This article incorporates text from the public domain_ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships_._
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