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1. Christmas card from U.S.S. Roanoke (CL-145) - circa 1951

   A Christmas card from the U.S.S. Roanoke, CL-145, with its original envelope. The fourth Roanoke (CL-145) was laid down May 15, 1945 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched June 16, 1947; sponsored by Miss Julia Ann Henebry; and commissioned at Philadelphia April 4, 1949, Capt. John D. Kelsey in command. Following shakedown in the Caribbean, Roanoke undertook maneuvers in the Atlantic as a unit of the Battleship-Cruiser F...

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