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USS ROGERS (DD-876 / DDR-876)


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.
Completed FRAM upgrade June 1964.
Decommissioned February 19 1981.
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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- 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 169kAerial view of the USS Rogers (DD 876) date and place unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.Darryl Baker
Rogers 111kStern view of USS Rogers (DD 876) off Mare Island on 24 Jan 1947.Darryl Baker
Rogers 73kBroadside 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 90kBow on view of USS Rogers (DD 876) off Mare Island on 24 Jan 1947.Darryl Baker
Rogers 121kOff Korea in November 1951. From the N.A. "Stretch" Brown collection.Carol Edgemon Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor & World War II in the Pacific
Rogers 67kUSS Baussell (DD-845), USS Rogers (DD-876) and USS Agerholm (DD-826) in San Diego Jult 1956.Everett Ellestad
Rogers 199kJuly 3 1957, location unknown.Ed Zajkowski
Rogers 165kUnderway replenishment (UNREP). Left to right: USS Rogers (DD-876), USS Kawishiwi (AO-146) and USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14). From the Ticonderoga's 1960 Cruise Book.Robert M. Cieri
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 85kCirca 1969, USS Lynde McCormick (DDG-8) and USS Rogers (DD-876) at NavSta San Diego.Richard Miller, BMCS, USN (Ret.)
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 150kMay 18 1973 in the South China Sea. Photo by PH2 T. A. Daly, NPC 1156188.Ed Zajkowski
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
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The hazegray Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

CDR Clare Brown Smiley    Mar 25 1945 - Aug 1946
CDR Robert Bube Heilig    Aug 1946 - Oct 1947
CDR George Lissant Conkey    Oct 1947 - Dec 1949
CDR Horace Virgil Bird    Dec 1949 - Feb 11 1951
CDR Robert William Clark    Feb 11 1951 - Oct 1952
CDR Scott Lothrop    Oct 1952 - Oct 1953
CDR Thomas F. Saunders Jr.    Oct 1953 - Sep 1955
CDR Harry Frederick Fischer Jr.    Sep 1955 - Jul 1957
CDR George William Ringenberg    Jul 1957 - May 1959
CDR Douglas J. Jackson    May 1959 - Mar 1961
CDR Charles Stuart Ely Jr.    Mar 1961 - Nov 1962
CDR James I. Moore    Nov 1962 - Jul 1963
LCDR Daryl Orville Maxwell    Jul 1963 - Aug 1963
LCDR Robert Haley Laighton    Aug 1963 - Apr 1964
CDR Richard Allen Bihr    Apr 1964 - Jul 1965
CDR Carroll Doyle Clark    Jul 1965 - Oct 1967
CDR George L. Hart    Oct 1967 - Aug 1969
CDR James Eugene Woolway    Aug 1969 - Jul 1971
CDR Leo Albert Rauch    Jul 1971 - Jan 1973
CDR John Diamond Holland Jr.    Jan 1973 - Jul 20 1974
CDR Lucian Charles Evans    Jul 20 1974 - Aug 1976
CDR Kent Wilber Larabee    Aug 1976 - Aug 1978
CDR Carlysle John Thomas    Aug 1978 - May 22 1980
LCDR Richard E. Seaman    May 22 1980 - Dec 1980
LCDR Frank W. Hudson Jr.    Dec 1980 - Feb 19 1981

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.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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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