{"id":485,"date":"2026-04-03T01:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/?p=485"},"modified":"2026-04-03T01:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:00:37","slug":"uss-rodney-m-davis-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/?p=485","title":{"rendered":"USS Rodney M. Davis \u2013 story"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The former USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60), once an active guided-missile frigate of the United States Navy, was deliberately sunk during a controlled SINKEX (sinking exercise) after being struck by an AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile. The event marked the vessel\u2019s final mission following decades of service rather than a combat loss.Commissioned in 1982, the ship was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, designed during the Cold War primarily for anti-submarine warfare and escort duties. Named for Medal of Honor recipient Rodney Maxwell Davis, the frigate supported patrols, joint exercises, and maritime security operations worldwide.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1944622\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div id=\"smartbearsmeadia.com_responsive_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Your email address will not be published.Required fields are marked*<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<div id=\"smartbearsmeadia.com_responsive_2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The former USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60), once an active guided-missile frigate of the United States Navy, was deliberately sunk during a controlled SINKEX (sinking exercise) after being struck &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":487,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions\/487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}