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Return to Naval Historical Center homepageRoanoke
A city in Virginia roughly 150 miles west of Richmond.
[A river flowing east southeast from Montgomery County across southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina until emptying into Albermarle Sound [sic; Albemarle Sound].
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Roanoke (PF-93) was renamed Lorain (q. v.) on 7 February 1944.
14 October 2005