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Biographical Note
John Rodgers (1773-1838)
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1773 | Born, Harford County, Md. |
| 1786-1797 | In merchant marine |
| 1798 | Appointed lieutenant, U.S. Navy |
| 1799-1801 | Duty in USF Constellation |
| 1802-1803 | Commanded USF John Adams, Mediterranean Squadron |
| 1804 | Commanded USF Congress, Mediterranean Squadron |
| 1805-1806 | Commander in chief, Mediterranean Squadron |
| 1806 | Married Minerva Denison |
| 1807 | Commander in chief, New York flotilla and New York Naval Station |
| 1810 | Appointed commander in chief, North Atlantic Squadron |
| 1812-1814 | Commanded USF President |
| 1813 | Promoted to commodore |
| 1815-1824 | President, Board of Navy Commissioners |
| 1821-1838 | Senior officer, U.S. Navy |
| 1823 | Secretary of the navy ad interim |
| 1824-1827 | Commander in chief, Mediterranean Squadron |
| 1827-1837 | President, Board of Navy Commissioners |
| 1838, Aug. 1 | Died, Philadelphia, Pa. |
John Rodgers (1812-1882)
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1812, Aug. 8 | Born, Havre de Grace, Md. |
| 1828 | Appointed midshipman, U.S. Navy Duty in USF Constellation, Mediterranean Squadron |
| 1831-1832 | Duty in USS Concord |
| 1836-1839 | Duty in USS Dolphin, Brazil Squadron |
| 1839-1841 | Commanded USS Wave, Florida Squadron |
| 1840 | Promoted to lieutenant |
| 1841-1842 | Commanded USS Jefferson, Florida Squadron |
| 1842-1844 | Duty in USS Boxer, Home Squadron |
| 1846-1849 | Duty in USF United Statesand USS Marion,Africa Squadron, and later Mediterranean Squadron |
| 1849-1852 | Commanded USS Petrel, USS Hetzel, and USS Legaré, Coast Survey |
| 1852-1854 | Commanded USS John Hancock, North Pacific Surveying Expedition |
| 1855 | Commanding officer, North Pacific Surveying Expedition Promoted to commander |
| 1857 | Married Ann E. Hodge |
| 1861 | Special duty, establishment of a “Naval Armament on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers,” Cincinnati, Ohio Commanded USS Flag, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron |
| 1862-1863 | Commanded USS Galena, USS Weehawken, and USS Canonicus |
| 1863 | Commanded USS Dictator |
| 1865-1866 | Commander, Special Service Squadron |
| 1866-1869 | Commandant, Boston Navy Yard |
| 1869 | Promoted to rear admiral |
| 1869-1872 | Commanded Asiatic Fleet |
| 1872 | President, Examining and Retiring Boards |
| 1873-1877 | Commandant, Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif. |
| 1877-1882 | Superintendent, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. |
| 1879 | President, U.S. Naval Institute |
| 1882, May 5 | Died, Washington, D.C. |
William Ledyard Rodgers
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1860, Feb. 4 | Born, Washington, D.C. |
| 1878 | Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1878-1879 | Duty in USS Pensacola |
| 1880-1881 | Duty at U.S. Naval Observatory |
| 1881-1884 | Duty in USS Quinneburg,European Station |
| 1898 | Duty in USS Foote,South Atlantic Station |
| 1900 | Duty in USS Kentucky |
| 1906 | Commanded USS Wilmington, Asiatic Fleet |
| 1907-1908 | Duty at Army War College |
| 1909-1911 | Commanded USS Georgia |
| 1911-1913 | President, U.S. Naval War College |
| 1915-1916 | Member, General Board of the U.S. Navy |
| 1916 | Promoted to rear admiral |
| 1916-1918 | Commander of the train, Atlantic Fleet |
| 1919 | Promoted to vice admiral Commander in chief, Asiatic Fleet |
| 1921-1922 | Member, advisory committee, Conference on Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C. |
| 1923 | Technical adviser, Committee of Jurists on the Laws of War, the Hague |
| 1924 | Retired, U.S. Navy |
| 1933-1943 | President, Naval Historical Foundation |
| 1937 | Published Greek and Roman Naval Warfare. Annapolis, Md.: United States Naval Institute |
| 1939 | Published Naval Warfare Under Oars, 4th to 16th Centuries. Annapolis, Md.: United States Naval Institute |
| 1944, May 7 | Died, Bethesda, Md. |
John Augustus Rodgers
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1848, July 26 | Born, Harve de Grace, Md. |
| 1864 | Duty in USS Marion |
| 1868 | Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Duty in USS Lackawanna, North Pacific Squadron |
| 1872 | Duty in USS Hartford |
| 1880 | Married Elizabeth B.Chambers Duty at U.S. Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. |
| 1883 | Duty at Midvale Steel Works, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1890 | Duty in USS Pensacola |
| 1892 | Student, U.S. Naval War College |
| 1897 | Executive officer, USS Indiana |
| 1902 | Commanded USS Marietta |
| 1904 | Commanded USS Illinois |
| 1906 | Inspector, Third Lighthouse District, Tompkinsville, N.Y. |
| 1908 | Commandant, U.S. Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash. |
| 1910 | Retired, U.S. Navy |
| 1918 | Commandant, U.S. Naval Unit, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.; Boston University, Boston, Mass.; and Tufts College, Medford, Mass. |
| 1933, Mar. 2 | Died, Harve de Grace, Md. |
John Rodgers (1881-1926)
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1881, Jan. 15 | Born, Washington, D.C. |
| 1903 | Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1904 | Duty in USS Cincinnati |
| 1909 | Duty in USS St. Louis |
| 1910 | Duty in USS Pennsylvania |
| 1911 | Qualified as a naval aviator Duty, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Naval Aviation Detachment |
| 1911-1912 | Assisted C. P. Rodgers in making the first transcontinental flight in the United States |
| 1912 | Commanded USS Yankton |
| 1916 | Duty in USS Fulton, submarine training Commanded Division One, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet |
| 1921 | Executive officer, USS Nevada |
| 1922 | Officer in charge, Navy Recruiting Station, Baltimore, Md. |
| 1922-1925 | Commanded Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
| 1925 | Commanding officer, hydroaeroplane PN-9-1, West coast-Hawaii flight |
| 1926 | Assistant chief, Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1926, Aug. 27 | Died, Philadelphia, Pa. |