Rear Admiral Frederick W. Rodgers (3 October 1842 – 3 November 1917) was an officer in the United States Navy.

He was appointed as an acting midshipman on 25 September 1857 and attended the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, from 1857 to 1861, completing his studies just after the April 1861 outbreak of the American Civil War.

Promoted to lieutenant commander on 26 July 1866, Rodgers served aboard the newly commissioned screw steamer USS Chattanooga for a short time in 1866 before reporting for duty later that year aboard the newly recommissioned screw sloop-of-war USS Sacramento.

He was the first commanding officer of the newly acquired steamer USS Despatch from 1873 to 1876, during which time the ship was engaged in special service.

During the Spanish–American War he commanded the coastal monitor USS Puritan which operated in both the Cuban and Puerto Rican Campaigns.

The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments in the case on 26 February 1902 and ruled against Rodgers on 26 April 1902.

He was involved in various activities, such as serving in 1907 as senior member of a naval board considering land boundaries at Honolulu in the Territory of Hawaii.