USS Roanoke
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Construction started | May 1854 |
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Launched | December 13, 1855 |
Builder | Norfolk Naval Shipyard |
Sail plan | Ship rig |
Installed power | 996 ihp (743 kW); 4 Martin boilers |
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ID | 2997414 |
About USS Roanoke
USS Roanoke was a wooden-hulled Merrimack-class screw frigate built for the United States Navy in the mid-1850s. She served as flagship of the Home Squadron in the late 1850s and captured several Confederate ships after the start of the American Civil War in 1861.