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to be commissioned in the

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. She was commissioned in

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, 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

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explained the refit allowed the vessel to remain service until she was replaced by a new . Nevertheless, the ''

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

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. A sister ship, , previously stationed in

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, 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

for disposal.

Costa Rican service

On October 13, 2017, ''Roanoke Island'' was transferred to Costa Rica. 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 Island-class patrol boats 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