Three ships of the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

have been USS ''John Rodgers'' for John Rodgers, his son, John Rodgers and his great grandson, John Rodgers. *, was a lighthouse tender and part of the

Lighthouse Service The United States Lighthouse Service, also known as the Bureau of Lighthouses, was the agency of the United States Government and the general lighthouse authority for the United States from the time of its creation in 1910 as the successor of th ...

run by the Navy from 1917 to 1919 *, was a , commissioned in 1943 and decommissioned in 1946 *, was a , commissioned in 1979 and decommissioned in 1998

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