The USCGC ''Roanoke Island'' is the 46th

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to be commissioned. She was commissioned in Homer, Alaska, on February 7, 1992. Five other Island Class cutters are based in Alaska. Her primary missions include ''"search and rescue, fisheries enforcement and homeland security."'' In 2010 the ''Roanoke'' rescued a fishing vessel called ''Wahoo'', when it became disabled during bad weather near Pearl Island. On October 25, 2012, following a 135-day refit in a drydock in Ketchikan, ''

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'' explained the refit would allow the vessel to remain service until she was replaced by a new

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. Nevertheless, the '' Homer News'' reported that the ''Roanoke'' would leave Homer by the end of June, 2015, for her decommissioning in

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. A sister ship, the ''Sapelo'', previously stationed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, will replace her. The ''Sapelo'' will be freed up as the Island class cutters in San Juan are replaced by new Sentinel class cutters.

Decommissioning

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

for disposal.

Costa Rican service

On October 13, 2017, ''Roanoke Island'' was transferred to

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. After refitting through the

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's Foreign Military Sales program, she was recommissioned ''General Juan Rafael Mora Porras'' (GC110-1).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roanoke Island (WPB-1346) Roanoke Patrol vessels of the United States Ships of the United States Coast Guard Ships built in Lockport, Louisiana 1992 ships Ships transferred from the United States Coast Guard to the Costa Rica Civil Guard Coast Guard