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DD-876 / DDR-876 USS ROGERS


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NBHM

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - BULLSEYE

CLASS - GEARING As Built.
Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel,Orange Texas. June 3 1944.
Launched November 20 1944 and commissioned March 26 1945.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken October 1 1980.
To South Korea July 25 1981, renamed Jeong Ju.
Decommissioned Dec 31 1999.
Fate Museum ship at SapKoyohp National Sightseeing Resort, located at Dangjin-Gun, Chung Nam Province
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Available		- Three brothers, Jack Ellis, Jr., Charles Ethbert, and Edwin Keith Rogers were lost in action on 30 November 1942 when an enemy torpedo ripped away the bow of the heavy cruiser USS New Orleans (CA-32) during the Battle of Tassafaronga in the Solomon Islands.Robert M. Cieri
Rogers 24kUIndated, location unknown.-
Rogers 54kUndated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.Mike Smolinski
Rogers 60kUndated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.Mike Smolinski
Rogers 111kNavy Photo 284-47, stern view of USS Rogers (DD 876) off Mare Island on 24 Jan 1947.Darryl Baker
Rogers 73kNavy Photo 286-47, broadside view of USS Rogers (DD 876) off Mare Island on 24 Jan 1947. She was in overhaul at the yard from 30 Oct. 1946 to 3 Feb 1947.Darryl Baker
Rogers 90kNavy Photo 288-47, bow on view of USS Rogers (DD 876) off Mare Island on 24 Jan 1947.Darryl Baker
Rogers 67kUSS Baussell (DD-845), USS Rogers (DD-876) and USS Agerholm (DD-826) in San Diego Jult 1956.Everett Ellestad
Rogers 115kUSS Rogers (DDR-876), USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887), USS Preble (DLG-15), USS Mahan (DLG-11), USS King (DLG-10) and USS Coontz (DLG-9) lined up together at San Diego, 4 February, 1961.Robert Hurst
Rogers 93kAs above.Robert Hurst
Rogers 143kCirca 1966-1969 off the coast of San Diego.Dennis Petarde
Rogers 69kYellow Sea, May 4 1969© Richard Leonhardt
Rogers 85kYellow Sea, May 4 1969© Richard Leonhardt
Rogers 144kPhoto taken while the Rogers deployed to the Far East in January 1969. In route she earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation for action in the Hawaiian waters on the 14th of January coming alongside the port quarter of the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) with six fire hoses trained on the raging flight-deck fire while exposed to flying shrapnel from exploding bombs.Dennis Petarde
Rogers 53kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Bausell 165kDestroyer Division 12 patch.Ed Velasquez
On Republic of Korea Service
Rogers 57kLeft : Hull No. 911 - ROKS ChungMu (DD-911) ex-USS Erben(DD-631), center : Hull No. 917 - ROKS DaeGu (DD-917) ex-USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703) and right : Hull No. 925 - ROKS JeonJu (DD-925) ex-USS Rogers (DDR-876).Kyeong Weon, Cheon
Rogers 38kAs the ROKS JeonJu (DD-925) in port at Inchon.Kyeong Weon, Cheon
Rogers 54kAs the ROKS JeonJu (DD-925).Kyeong Weon, Cheon
Rogers 88kAs the ROKS JeonJu (DD-925) at SapKoyohp National Sightseeing Resort with ROKS HwaSan (LST-679) ex-USS Pender Country (LST-1080)..Kyeong Weon, Cheon
Rogers 32kAs the ROKS JeonJu (DD-925).Kyeong Weon, Cheon
Rogers 35kAs the ROKS JeonJu (DD-925) in Seatle August 1981.Marc Piché
USS ROGERS DD-876 / DDR-876 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Billy Rice
Address: 20 Hillcrest Drive, Paris, KY 40361-1131
Phone: (859)987-0112
E-mail: None

Note About Contacts.

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Rogers website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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