William C. Rogers III
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William Chapel Rogers III was an American naval officer and the captain of USS Vincennes, a Ticonderoga-class Aegis cruiser. During his command, the ship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 in the Persian G
Rogers speaking at the end of Vincennes 1988 deployment
Rogers as commander in 1981
Large screen displays on USS Vincennes, circa 1988
Iran Air Flight 655, the downed aircraft involved, pictured a year before the shotdown
Iran Air Flight 655
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Iran Air Flight 655 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by two surface-to-air missiles fired by USS Vincennes, a Uni
William C. Rogers III
…30, 2025) was an American naval officer and the captain of USS Vincennes, a Ticonderoga-class Aegis cruiser. During his command, the ship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 in the Persian Gulf in 1988, killing 290 civilians in a major international incident. Rogers was born on December 13, 1938 in Fort Worth, Texas, and…
Pieces of aircraft wreckage recovered from the Strait of Hormuz
USS Vincennes had been deployed to the Persian Gulf to assist in oil tanker escorts.