USS Foss (DE-59), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Rodney Shelton Foss (1919–1941), who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands. Foss was launched on 10 April 1943 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. George R. Foss, mother of Ensign Foss; and commissioned on 23 July 1943, with Lieutenant Commander J. J. Jordy, USNR in command.
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