[2] Her primary missions include "search and rescue, fisheries enforcement & homeland security.

"[3] In 2010, the Roanoke rescued a fishing vessel called Wahoo when it became disabled during bad weather near Pearl Island.

[6][7] A sister ship, the Sapelo, previously stationed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, will replace her.

On June 4, 2015, Roanoke Island was decommissioned at a ceremony held in homeport of Homer, Alaska.

[9] After refitting through the State Department's Foreign Military Sales program, she was recommissioned General Juan Rafael Mora Porras (GC110-1).