From: Dictionary of American Fighting Ships
Roanoke
A city in Virginia roughly 150 miles west of Richmond.
A river flowing east southeast from Montgomery County across southern
Virginia and northeastern North Carolina until emptying into Albermarle
Sound.
Roanoke (CL-114), a Fargo-class light cruiser, was scheduled
to be built at the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J., but the constact
for her construction was canceled on 5 October 1944, prior to the start
of work.