RODGERS DD 254

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Clemson Class Destroyer
Keel Laid 25 September 1918 as KALK
Renamed 23 December 1918
Launched 26 April 1919


1. USS RODGERS Destroyer No. 254
Commissioned 22 July 1919


2. USS RODGERS DD-254
Designated (DD) 17 July 1920
Decommissioned 20 July 1922
Recommissioned 18 December 1939 - Decommissioned 23 October 1940

Stricken 8 January 1941


3. HMS SHERWOOD I-80 (British Naval Service)
Transferred to Great Britain 23 October 1940 ( Famous Fifty)

Sunk as target 1945

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Rodgers DD-254 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning 18 December 1939 to 23 October 1940

 

Locy Type FDC RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R2

1939-12-18

First Day of Recommissioning, cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "KEY WEST / FLORIDA"

1940-02-13

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Al Cohen

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "NAVY YARD / WASH DC"

1940-08-12

Cacheted. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

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c 1920

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DD-254 Photo

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Commodore John Rodgers, USN (8 August 1812 – 5 May 1882)
        Rodgers naval career spanned between 1828–1882 ending as an admiral in the United States Navy. He was a veteran of the Seminole Wars, the American Civil War and the Korean Expedition of 1871.
        Rodgers' father was Commodore John Rodgers (1772–1838), and he was the grandfather of pioneering Naval aviator Commander John Rodgers (1881–1926). Six ships of the United States Navy have been named in their honor; either as USS John Rodgers or USS Rodgers.

The ships sponsor was Miss Helen T. Rodgers, granddaughter of Commodore John Rodgers.

 

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