Commander George Washington Rodgers (October 30, 1822 – August 17, 1863) was an officer of the United States Navy.

[1] During the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), Rodgers served in the Gulf of Mexico as acting master on the steamer Colonel and frigate John Adams.

Rodgers served with the United States Coast Survey from 1849 to 1850 and was promoted to lieutenant on June 4, 1850.

In April 1861 he prevented capture of the Constitution by secessionists; he also transferred the Naval Academy to Newport, Rhode Island, where it would remain until returning to Annapolis in 1865, after the end of the American Civil War.

Rodgers was appointed chief of staff to Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren on July 4, 1863, and "was distinguished for his bravery in the silencing of Fort Sumter and the batteries on Morris Island.