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I II III IV	I - 14k II - 46k III - 11k IV - 69k	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 1903. He last served as Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics until killed in an airplane crash 27 August 1926. Photo from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.		Bill Gonyo
	33k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	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
	92k	Undated, lo9cation unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	64k	Copenhagen, Denmark September 1983.		Marc Piché
	34k	USS John Rodgers (DD-983) closing to refuel from RFA Grey Rover, North Atlantic, March 1984. Photo taken by George Mortimore.		Robert Hurst
	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 Caribbean, 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 Rodgers (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 Rodgers 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 Rodgers (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
	148k	USS Comte de Grasse (DD-974), USS John Rodgers (DD-983), USS Moosbrugger (DD-980) and USS John Hancock (DD-981) in Philadelphia Navy Yard, April 2003.		Ed Zajkowski
	134k	John Rodgers awaiting scrapping at the Port of Brownsville, TX, February 27 2006. Photo copyright Michael Martin.		Joe Gardella
	50k	A series of 4 images of the John Rodgers being scrapped at the Port of Brownsville, TX.		Gerd Matthes
	115k	As above.		Gerd Matthes
	124k	As above.		Gerd Matthes
	147k	As above.		Gerd Matthes
	82k	Ships patch.		Mike Smolinski
	29k	Ships crest.		Fred Weiss

CDR Michael Howard Loy    Jul 14 1979 - Aug 7 1981

CDR George Francis Adolf Wagner    Aug 7 1981 - Jul 15 1983 (Later RADM)

CDR Stephen George Kmetz    Jul 15 1983 - Oct 22 1985

CDR Lawrence Michael Bergen Jr.    Oct 22 1985 - Dec 20 1987

CDR Frank Tyler Giesemann>/a>    Dec 20 1987 - Jan 16 1990

CDR Jeffrey Lee Flood    Jan 16 1990 - Dec 16 1991

CDR Jack Royal Carpenter Jr.    Dec 16 1991 - Sep 27 1993

CDR Michael Angelo Lefever    Sep 27 1993 - Jul 1 1995 (Later RADM)

CDR Roger Charles (Rick) Easton Jr.    Jul 1 1995 - Mar 7 1997

CDR James McLeod Carr III    Mar 7 1997 - Sep 4 1998

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