USS Roanoke (PG-201)
Service
- as USS Roanoke (PG-201)15 January 1945 — 14 March 1946230 days of the war
- as Laplace (F13)26 March 1947 — 16 September 1950
- Name
- USS Roanoke
- Pennant / hull number
- PG-201
- Namesake
- Roanoke, Virginia
- Laid down
- 25 October 1943
- Launched
- 18 March 1944
- Commissioned
- 15 January 1945
- Decommissioned
- 14 March 1946
- Fate
- Sunk by a mine, 16 September 1950
By mine (1950) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,415 long tons (2,454 t)
- Length
- 92.35 m (303 ft)
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 190
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
USS Roanoke was a destroyer escort of the Tacoma-class frigate, operated by the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number PG-201. She was named for Roanoke. Her keel was laid on 25 October 1943. Launched on 18 March 1944, she entered service on 15 January 1945.
Her class ran to 76 ships. The class followed the Asheville-class patrol frigate and was succeeded by the none.
Displacement was 2,415 long tons. She measured 92.3 m (303 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 190. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Roanoke (PG-201) until 14 March 1946. She then passed to the Marine Nationale, serving as Laplace (F13) from 26 March 1947. She was in commission for 230 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 14 March 1946.
She was sunk on 16 September 1950 by mine. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × 5500 shp turbines
- 3 boilers
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 3 × 3"/50 caliber guns (3×1)
- 4 × 40 mm guns (2×2)
- 9 × 20 mm guns (9×1)
- 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
- 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- Soviet frigate EK-1
- Soviet frigate EK-10
- Soviet frigate EK-11
- Soviet frigate EK-12
- Soviet frigate EK-13
- Soviet frigate EK-14
- Soviet frigate EK-15
- Soviet frigate EK-16
- Soviet frigate EK-17
- Soviet frigate EK-18
- Soviet frigate EK-19
- Soviet frigate EK-2
- Soviet frigate EK-20
- Soviet frigate EK-21
- Soviet frigate EK-22
- Soviet frigate EK-25
- Soviet frigate EK-26
- Soviet frigate EK-27
- Soviet frigate EK-28
- Soviet frigate EK-29
- Soviet frigate EK-3
- Soviet frigate EK-30
- Soviet frigate EK-4
- Soviet frigate EK-5
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Roanoke (PG-201) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 79870 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons