USS John Rodgers (DD-983)

1979-1998

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Spruance class

DD · Destroyer

Call Sign:	NYQL
Shipyard:	Ingalls Shipbuilding

Spruance class

Timeline

Date	Event
Jan 15, 1974	Ordered
Aug 12, 1976	Laid down
Feb 25, 1978	Launched
Jul 14, 1979	Commissioned
Oct 2, 1986	Aircraft	accident SH-2F Seasprite 161915 Aegean Sea
Sep 4, 1998	Decommissioned
Dec 30, 2006	Fate: scrapped	Brownsville, Texas