Roanoke (AOR 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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.. A. .. .., . ROANOKE has been, commanded by Captain Paul A. Asmus, Captain Clifford M. Johns, Captain Riley D. Mixson, Cap- tain William H. Reed, Captain Robert L. Toney, Captain Richard W. Holly, Captain Robert P. Hickey and is currently under the command of Captain Robert L. John- SOD, Jf. - USS ROANOKE has been awarded the Battle 'fE Award, the CNO Safety Award, the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Awardj and the Meritorious Unit Com- mendation, There is pleasure lv being ra a shi: beaten about by a storm, when we are sure that if will not founder. - Pascal NIL. A 5 Vi, 1 .

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hip's Mission USS ROANOKE CAOR 73 is The sevenTh and final of The WICHITA class replenishmenf oilers and The only one To be builT by Nafional STeel and Shipbuilding Company of San Diego, California. Her keel was laid January 49Th, 4974 and USS ROANOKE was launched December 7Th of ThaT same year. Turned over To The UniTed STaTes Navy Sepfember 30, 4976, USS ROANOKE was commissioned aT Long Beach Naval Shipyard OcTober 30, 4976. ln February of 4977 she parTicipaTed in cold weaTher operaTions in The Bering Sea To TesT The abiliTy of naval ships To conducT underway repIenishmenTs in ex- Treme cold weaTher. IT was This excursion ThaT earned ROANOKE her nickname of The PolarfExpress . ' Since her fcommissipning, ROANOKE has sTeamed fmore Than: a half-million miles, performed more Thani2,000 underway re- plenlshmenf operafiohs, and pumped over '5Qj1million gallons 'of jeff: and diesel fuel., . -' ' 1 ., fly' I.: 'F , -'- gi - W ln The pasT Ten.,years:' ROANOKE has com- pleTed six Wesferh Pacific and lndian Ocean Deploymenfs, visiflng Pearl Har- bor, Hawaii: Guam: Subic Bay, Republic of The Philippines: Hong Kong: Mombasa, Kenya: Mahe, Seychelles: Diego Garcia: PerTh and Rockingham, AusTralia: Singa- pore: Pajfaya Beach, Thailand: Pusan, Korea: and Sasebo, Japan. K . .X r f , .' . T - ::. ' I ,FQJQ,a'.',g-f.-'-ofvfpf?',- '. 2, irPsi-.f,, :fl s :-- fE:f: .t! ,.,,. ,,-.-I lieuawwr.,.......f-allen-'.vus4.asJf.V-ad-' ' '..:.4lL..,' '- '1-.g,:f1J,:.g,:z.q........uia-' ' -- 4...-'u.s.',s,,..f..a. '-4' '.'g.',,,..-gu,B.g.,.,,

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