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U.S.S. JOHN RODGERS
(DD-983)SEA EAGLE TRIUMPHANT
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USS JOHN RODGERS (DD-983) - a Spruance class destroyer
In Commission 1979 to 1998DD-983 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DD-983 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-983 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUG | 1976 | - | Keel Date: 12 AUG 1976 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS | ||
| FEB | 1978 | - | Launch Date: 25 FEB 1978 | ||
| JUL | 1979 | - | AUG | 1979 | Commisioning |
| JUL | 1979 | - | Commissioned: 14 JUL 1979 | ||
| NOV | 1980 | - | APR | 1981 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1982 | - | DEC | 1987 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1982 | - | DEC | 1982 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| MAY | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 MAY 1982 - Indian Ocean | ||
| NOV | 1982 | - | JAN | 1983 | Gulf of Fonseca - Central America |
| FEB | 1983 | - | NOV | 1983 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1984 | - | APR | 1984 | North Atlantic |
| JAN | 1985 | - | APR | 1985 | North Atlantic |
| AUG | 1986 | - | MAR | 1987 | Mediterranean |
| AUG | 1988 | - | FEB | 1989 | Mediterranean |
| DEC | 1988 | - | MAR | 1989 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| DEC | 1989 | - | JUN | 1990 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| MAR | 1990 | - | SEP | 1990 | Desert Shield |
| SEP | 1992 | - | OCT | 1992 | Grenada |
| SEP | 1992 | - | OCT | 1992 | Grenada |
| AUG | 1993 | - | NOV | 1993 | UNITAS |
| NOV | 1993 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 NOV 1993 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| NOV | 1993 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 NOV 1993 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| DEC | 1993 | - | MAR | 1994 | Haitian Vacation |
| NOV | 1995 | - | APR | 1996 | NATO Standing Naval Force - Operation Sharp Guard (Yugoslav War) |
| SEP | 1997 | - | APR | 1998 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1998 | - | Decommissioned: 4 SEP 1998 | ||
DD-983 General Specifications
Class: Spruance class destroyer
Named for: Three generations of the Rodgers family who served in
Complement: 19 Officers and 315 Enlisted
Displacement: 8040 tons
Length: 529 feet
Beam: 55 feet
Flank Speed: 32 Knots
Range: 6 000 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Disposed of by scrapping dismantling December 30 2006