USCGC Roanoke Island
Roanoke Island moored in Homer, Alaska | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Roanoke Island |
| Namesake | Roanoke Island, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyard, LA |
| Cost | Approx. $7 Million |
| Commissioned | 7 February 1992 |
| Decommissioned | 4 June 2015 |
| Out of service | 6 April 2015 |
| Homeport | Homer, Alaska |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to Costa Rica, 13 October 2017 |
| Badge |
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| Costa Rica | |
| Name | General José María Cañas Escamilla |
| Namesake | José María Cañas Escamilla |
| Operator | Costa Rica Navy |
| Acquired | 13 October 2017 |
| Identification | GC110-1 |
| Status | Active as of 2018 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Island-class patrol boat |
| Displacement | 164 tons |
| Length | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Draft | 6.5 ft (2.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Twin Turbo Charged Diesel Caterpillar |
| Speed | +30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 9,900 miles |
| Endurance | 6 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 rigid-hulled inflatable boat |
| Complement | 18 personnel (3 officers, 15 enlisted) |
| Armament | |
USCGC Roanoke Island is the 46th Island-class cutter to be commissioned in the United States Coast Guard. She was commissioned in Homer, Alaska, on February 7, 1992, joining five other Island-class cutters based in Alaska at that time. Her primary missions included "search and rescue, fisheries enforcement & homeland security." The ship was taken out of service in 2015 and transferred to Costa Rica in 2017, where the vessel was renamed General Juan Rafael Mora Porras.