USS Rogers ( DD - 876 ) USS " Rogers " ( DD - 876 ) was a of the United States Navy . She was named for three brothers — Jack E . Rogers Jr . , Charles E . Rogers , and Edwin K . Rogers — killed in action board during the Battle of Tassafaronga in the Solomon Islands on 30 November 1942 . " Rogers " was laid down on 3 June 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange , Texas , launched on 20 November 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . J . E . Rogers , Sr . , and commissioned on 26 March 1945 , Comdr . C . B . Smiley in command . Service history . World War II and afterwards , 1945 – 1949 . Following shakedown off Guantanamo Bay , " Rogers " was converted to a picket ship at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , Virginia . After further training in the Atlantic and Caribbean , " Rogers " transited the Panama Canal and touched at San Diego before reaching Pearl Harbor on 4 August 1945 . With the termination of hostilities , " Rogers " departed Pearl Harbor on 17 August for Tokyo Bay where she arrived on 31 August via Eniwetok and Iwo Jima . On 1 September she stood out of Tokyo Bay to join a fast carrier task group and commence her routine duties as a member of the 7th Fleet . Through the decade she rotated to the Far East for duty with that fleet on a regular schedule , and in 1949 assisted in evacuating American nationals from China . " Rogers " participated in the " Operation Sandstone " atomic bomb tests in Eniwetok Atoll in 1948 . On 18 March 1949 , she was reclassified as a radar picket destroyer ( DDR ) after a height finder radar and more communication equipment had been added and her torpedo tubes had been removed . Korean War , 1950 – 1953 . During 1951 and 1952 , " Rogers " served as a unit of Task Forces 77 , 95 , and 96 and participated in shore bombardment , blockading , and patrol missions in Korean waters . During this period " Rogers " also served as " lifeguard " destroyer for two Presidents : for President Truman ' s flight to Wake Island for his conference with Gen . Douglas MacArthur in 1950 and for President - elect Eisenhower on his return from the Far East in 1952 . WestPac deployments , 1953 – 1962 . After fighting stopped in Korea , " Rogers " alternated west coast tours with WestPac deployment . In 1954 , she helped in the evacuation of the Tachen Islands . By 1960 " Rogers " had made over a dozen six to nine - month cruises to the Far East . After 1st Fleet operations off the west coast , " Rogers " again deployed in January 1962 to WestPac where she operated with carrier groups , on Formosa patrol , and participated in a major Allied amphibious exercise . " Rogers " returned to the 1st Fleet and on the evening of 12 November , successfully recovered a pilot from , who had ejected from his aircraft into a dense fog off the coast of southern California . Vietnam , 1963 – 1969 . In June 1963 , after 18 years in the Pacific , " Rogers " departed San Diego for the east coast and FRAM I modernization at Charleston , South Carolina . On 30 July 1963 she was reclassified from DDR - 876 to DD - 876 . In May 1964 she returned to the Pacific Fleet . Two years later she was operating off Vietnam . Returning to San Diego in August 1966 , she operated with the 1st Fleet off the west coast of the United States until deploying again to the western Pacific in September 1967 . In mid - November , she was operating in the Gulf of Tonkin , and in April 1968 returned to San Diego , California . Again operating off the west coast of the United States for the balance of the year , " Rogers " deployed to the Far East in January 1969 . En route she earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation for action in Hawaiian waters on 14 January coming alongside the port quarter of with six fire hoses trained on the raging flight - deck fire while exposed to flying shrapnel from exploding bombs . After spending some of her time in the Far East off Vietnam , she returned to San Diego on 6 July . After a year of operations with the First Fleet , " Rogers " sailed from San Diego for another Far East cruise . Following five months of service in the western Pacific , she returned to San Diego on 16 December . WestPac deployments , 1970 – 1974 . At the completion of another spring of west coast operations , " Rogers " headed back to WestPac , departing from San Diego on 29 June 1971 . She returned to San Diego on 22 December and spent the next year on the Pacific coast of the United States engaged initially in normal operations . Later , in early April 1972 , she entered Hunter ' s Point Naval Shipyard for regular overhaul . Overhaul was completed by 28 August and she left Hunter ' s Point for various trials and refresher training , which continued until mid - December . On the 18th , she sailed for Subic Bay , but had to return to San Diego three days later because of a medical emergency . She departed San Diego the same day , 21 December , and arrived in Subic Bay on 29 January 1973 . Returning to San Diego on 12 June 1973 , " Rogers " operated along the west coast into 1974 . Reserve Training , 1974 - 1980 . In 1974 she changed homeports to Swan Island in Portland , Oregon and became part of Destroyer Squadron 37 . Rogers was tasked with training US Navy reserves in the Portland OR area . The Rogers also made many trips to Seattle , San Francisco and San Diego to train US Navy Reservists . She performed these duties until 1981 when she was decommissioned and sold to South Korea . Decommissioning and transfer to Korea . " Rogers " was decommissioned on 19 February 1981 and was struck from the Navy List on 1 October 1980 . Transferred to the Republic of Korea on 11 August 1981 , the destroyer served as ROKS " Jeon Ju " ( DD 925 ) until decommissioned on 31 December 1999 . The destroyer is now a museum ship at SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort , located at Dangjin - Gun , Chung Nam Province .