Joachim Gans
Sir Richard Grenville, leader of Raleigh's expedition, founded the Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island off the coast of modern North Carolina in 1585. Among the ruins at the Roanoke site, archaeologists have discovered lumps of smelted copper and a goldsmith’s crucible attributed to Gans's work at the colony. Because the royal mining company failed to resupply colonists who were also becoming increasingly fearful of conflicts with the Native Americans, they accepted an offer from Sir Francis Drake in June 1586 to sail them to England. Each of the colonists, including Gans, left North America.
USCGC Roanoke Island (WPB-1346)
The USCGC "Roanoke Island" is the 46th Island class cutter to be commissioned.
She was commissioned in Homer, Alaska, on February 7, 1992.
Five other Island Class cutters are based in Alaska.
Her primary missions include ""search and rescue, fisheries enforcement and homeland security.""