Uss Roark (DE-1053)

USS Roark (DE-1053) was a Knox-class destroyer escort commissioned by the United States Navy in 1970. Named in honor of Lieutenant William Marshall Roark, a naval aviator killed in action during the Vietnam War, the ship served primarily in the Pacific Fleet. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, USS Roark participated in numerous training exercises, patrol missions, and deployments to the Western Pacific, supporting U.S. interests during the Cold War. The vessel was decommissioned in 1991 and subsequently struck from the Naval Vessel Register.