The USS Rogers (DD-876) was a Gearing-class destroyer constructed for the United States Navy, with a keel laid on June 3, 1944, by the Consolidated Steel Corporation in Orange, Texas. Launched on November 20, 1944, and commissioned on March 26, 1945, the vessel was named in honor of three brothers—Jack Ellis Rogers Jr., Charles Ethbert Rogers, and Edward Keith Rogers—who were killed in action aboard USS New Orleans during the Battle of Tassafaronga in 1942. Initially, Rogers underwent shakedown off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and was later converted into a radar picket ship at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. After further training in the Atlantic and Caribbean, she transited the Panama Canal, reaching Pearl Harbor on August 4, 1945. She arrived in Tokyo Bay on August 31, 1945, shortly after Japan's surrender, and subsequently joined the 7th Fleet, conducting routine duties in the Pacific. Throughout the late 1940s, Rogers participated in significant operations including the atomic bomb tests at Eniwetok Atoll in 1948 and helped evacuate American nationals from China in 1949. Reclassified as DDR (radar picket destroyer) on March 18, 1949, Rogers's armament was modified by removing torpedo tubes and installing advanced radar systems. During the Korean War (1951–1952), she served with Task Forces 77, 95, and 96, engaging in shore bombardments, blockades, patrols, and acting as a "lifeguard" for Presidents Truman and Eisenhower during their flights. She also participated in the evacuation of the Tachen Islands in 1954. In the 1960s, Rogers continued to operate extensively in the Pacific, including deployments to Vietnam in 1965–1968, where she conducted search and rescue, shore bombardment, and supported combat operations in the Tonkin Gulf. Notably, she earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation in 1969 for firefighting efforts during a flight-deck fire on USS Enterprise. After extensive service, she was modernized at Charleston in 1963, reclassified back to DD-876, and resumed duty in the Pacific. She decommissioned on February 19, 1981, and was transferred to South Korea, serving as ROKS Jeonju (DD-925) until her decommissioning in 1999. Today, USS Rogers is preserved as a museum ship at Dangjin Marine Tourism Organization in South Korea, marking her long and distinguished maritime legacy.

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