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USS Rodgers (DD-254)
Clemson-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Rodgers.
The third USS Rodgers (DD-254) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy, transferred to the Royal Navy and served as HMS Sherwood (I80) during World War II.
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Name | USS Rodgers |
Namesake | John Rodgers (1812–1882) |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy |
Laid down | 25 September 1918 |
Launched | 26 April 1919 |
Commissioned | 22 July 1919 |
Decommissioned | 23 October 1940 |
Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
Identification | DD-254 |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom, 23 October 1940 |
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Name | HMS Sherwood |
Commissioned | 23 October 1940 |
Identification | Pennant number: I80 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1945 |
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Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,190 tons |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
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Speed | 34.4 kn (63.7 km/h; 39.6 mph) |
Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 131 officers and enlisted |
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