USN · DD

John Rodgers

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-574
Launched	1942-05-07
Commissioned	1943-02-09
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Transferred to Mexico, 19 Aug 1970
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Parish, Herman Oliff Captain, 9 February 1943 – 8 August 1944 Franklin, James Gilbert Captain, 8 August 1944 – 31 December 1945

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-44972. USS John Rodgers (DD-574) underway off Charleston, South Carolina (USA), on 29 April 1943 (19-N-44972).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Parish, Herman OliffCaptain, 9 February 1943 – 8 August 1944 JFFranklin, James GilbertCaptain, 8 August 1944 – 31 December 1945

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