The USS John Rodgers (DD-574), served as the Cuitlahuac in the Mexican Navy until 2002 when it was decommissioned.
A veterans group was interested in saving it The Mexican Navy also wanted to turn the ship (which served in the U.S, Navy for four years and the Mexican Navy for 33) into a museum ship.
However, saving the ship would require a whole lot of money with its lead-based paint, asbestos and toxic lubricants.
The ship was dismantled in 2010 and 2011.
Now only four of the 376-foot-long, 310 crew Fletcher-class destroyers remain. Three are in the United States at Boston, Buffalo and Baton Rouge. One other one is in Athens, Greece, where it is a museum honoring the Greek Navy.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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