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| History | |
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 United States | |
| 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 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Sherwood |
| Commissioned | 23 October 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: I80 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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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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.