U.S.S. Roanoke
SHIP NAME: U.S.S. Roanoke
SHIP NUMBER: SDD-1081
CLASS: Montgomery-Class Destroyer
CONSTRUCTED: March 20th 2279
LENGTH: 551 Metres
PROPULSION: 3x Masonic MG191 Light Drives (FTL Capable)
MAXIMUM SPEED: (Cruising) 95 knots
SCANNERS: Smith & General Class V Scanner
ARMAMENT: 26x Hamill Plasma Duo-Cannons (11x Fore, 10x Mid, 5x Aft), 2x Multi Arrow III Rocket Launcher (Fore)
ARMOUR: Multi-Layered P.E.S.C.A.H. (Plasma Enriched Super-Chobam Armoured Hull)
COMPLIMENT: 417 Enlisted, 18 Officers
FATE: Destroyed 31st August 2296 (Battle of Van Gaal VI)
The Roanoke was a Montgomery-Class Destroyer assigned to the Imperial 4th Colonial Fleet. The Roanoke’s primary mission was border patrol, anti-piracy operations and fleet exercises in the Horrocks and Border H Sectors.
In August 2296 Dakota incursions into the Horrocks Sector reached a peak with the attack on the C.S.V. Nile Road (TC-26). The Roanoke led a detachment from the fleet into the Van Gaal System where it engaged Dakota forces in what was the disastrous ‘Battle of Van Gaal VI’.
The Roanoke along with several other Union vessels were destroyed by new Dakota super-cannons that had been fitted to the front of their destroyers and cruisers. The destruction of the Union vessels was so quick and instant that all hands perished.
Quickly after the destruction of the Roanoke, the remaining two vessels, U.S.S. Patton (SCA-703) and U.S.S. Tigershark (SGB-994) retreated, ensuring the destruction of the Nile Road and the decisive loss of the battle.