USCGC Roanoke Island
USCGC Roanoke Island is the 46th 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.
Construction and career
American service
In 2010, the Roanoke Island rescued the fishing vessel Wahoo after Wahoo became disabled in bad weather near Pearl Island.On October 25, 2012, following a 135-day refit in a drydock in Ketchikan, Coast Guard Alaska explained the refit allowed the vessel to remain service until she was replaced by a new. Nevertheless, the Homer News reported that the Roanoke would leave Homer by the end of June 2015, for her decommissioning in Baltimore, Maryland. A sister ship,, previously stationed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, replaced her. The Sapelo was freed up as the Island-class cutters in San Juan are replaced by new Sentinel-class cutters.
On June 4, 2015, Roanoke Island was decommissioned at a ceremony held in homeport of Homer, Alaska. The ship was then transferred to the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland for disposal.