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I - Commodore John Rodgers (naval officer, War of 1812) (1772-1838), U.S. Naval officer during the War of 1812. II - John Rodgers ( 8 August 1812 - 5 May 1882), son of Commodore John Rodgers, was born near Havre de Grace. He was received his appointment as a Midshipman in the Navy on 18 April 1828. Service in the Mediterranean on board Constellation and Concord opened his long career of distinguished service, and he commanded an expedition of Naval Infantry and Marines in Florida during the Seminole Wars. In the mid-1850s he succeeded Commander Ringgold in command of the North Pacific Exploring and Surveying Expedition, which added greatly to our knowledge of far eastern and northern waters. Following his promotion to Commander in 1855, he married and settled to work in the Navy's Japan Office in Washington, where he was serving when the Civil War broke out. III - Vice Admiral William Ledyard Rodgers (naval officer, World War I) (1860 - 1944), the grandson of Commodore John Rodgers and son of Rear Admiral John Rodgers. IV - John Rodgers, great-grandson of Commodore Rodgers, was born in Washington 15 January 1881, and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1908. His early naval career included service on ships of various types before studying flying in 1911, and becoming the second American naval officer to receive a pilot's license. He commanded Division 1, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet in 1916, and, after the United States entered World War I, he commanded the Submarine Base at New London, Connecticut. Following the war, he served in European waters, and received the Distinguished Service Medal for outstanding work on mine-sweeping operations in the North Sea. After several important assignments during the next 5 years, he commanded Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet, in LANGLEY in 1925. That year, he made the first attempt at a non-stop flight from California to Hawaii. In command of Seaplane PN-9, he departed San Pedro 31 August, but a fuel shortage forced his plane to land short of her destination 1 September. While ships searched for the plane, Commander Rodgers led his crew in improvising sails from the plane's wing material to continue the trip afloat. Finally, 9 days later, after sailing the plane to within 15 miles of Nawililwili Bay, Kauai, Rodgers hailed Submarine R-4 and was towed into port. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 33k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 142k | Undated, location unknown. From collection of Captain Rick Easton. | John Chiquoine | |
| 83k | Undated, a series of three photos of the Rodgers off Grenada. | John Bushell | |
| 102k | Undated, above. | John Bushell | |
| 84k | Undated, above. | John Bushell | |
| 74k | Undated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 64k | Copenhagen, Denmark September 1983. | Marc Piché | |
| 145k | DN-SC-86-00300. A starboard bow view of the Spruance class destroyer USS JOHN RODGERS (DD 983) while underway, March 7 1985. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 52k | August 1 1985, The Carribean, a port bow view of the destroyer USS John Rodgers (DD-983) underway during MIDRON cruise. | Fred Weiss | |
| 56k | August 1 1985, The Carribean, a starboard bow view of the destroyer USS John Rodgers (DD-983) underway during MIDRON cruise. It is the first ship in Destroyer Squadron 6 to be equipped with Tomahawk missile launchers, visible forward of the bridge. | Fred Weiss | |
| 66k | USS John Rodgers (DD-983) coming alongside the Spanish carrier Príncipe de Asturias (R-11) in the Mediterranean, circa 1990. | Omar Rubido, Armada Española | |
| 78k | As above. | Omar Rubido, Armada Española | |
| 142k | View distributed to the crew in the early 1990s. Capt R. Easton collection. | John Chiquoine | |
| 106k | USS John Rogers (DD 983) cuts through the waters of the Atlantic Ocean on October 10, 1997 en route to the Mediterranean Sea for a 6 month deployment. John Rogers and GEORGE WASHINGTON BATTLE GROUP are currently transiting the Atlantic Ocean to relieve JOHN F. KENNEDY BATTLE GROUP in mid October. Official U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate Third Class Petty Officer Joseph Hendricks. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 78k | USS John Rogers (DD-983) and the USS Mahan (DDG-42) moored together along with other inactive ships at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard inactive ship site in November 1999. Photo from Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner. | Robert Hurst | |
| 134k | John Rodgers awaiting scrapping at the Port of Brownsville, TX, February 27 2006. Photo copyright Michael Martin. | Joe Gardella | |
| 82k | Ships patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 29k | Ships crest. | Fred Weiss | |
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