Three ships of the United States Navy have been USS John Rodgers for John Rodgers, his son, John Rodgers and his great grandson, John Rodgers. , was a lighthouse tender and part of the Lighthouse Service run by the Navy from 1917 to 1919 , was a , commissioned in 1943 and decommissioned in 1946 , was a , commissioned in 1979 and decommissioned in 1998 See also United States Navy ship names