USS John Rodgers (DD-574)

USS John Rodgers (DD-574)

USS John Rodgers (DD-574) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy commissioned during World War II. She was the second Navy ship of that name, in honor of three members of the Rodgers family who served in the Navy from the War of 1812 through World War I. John Rodgers served in several wartime actions in the Pacific, receiving 12 battle stars.

She was laid up shortly after the end of the war, but sold to the Mexican Navy in 1970, where she served until 2001 as BAM Cuitlahuac, becoming the last of the Fletcher-class in active service.She was scrapped in Mexico in 2010-2011, after efforts failed to return her to the U.S. for use as a museum ship.