USS John Rodgers (DD 574)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS John Rodgers (DD-574) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship of that name, in honor of three members of the Rodgers family who served in the Navy from the War of 1812 through World War I. Later, John Rodgers served in the Mexican Navy (1968-2001) as BAM Cuitlahuac, becoming the last of the Fletcher-class in active service. John Rodgers was laid down by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas, 25 July 1941; launched 7 May 1942, sponsored by Miss Helen Perry Rodgers, daughter, great grandniece, and great granddaughter of the ship's namesakes; and commissioned 9 February 1943, Commander H. O. Parrish in command.

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