USS Badger (DD-126)
 | USS Badger (DD-126) |
| | Career | |
|---|
| Launched: | 24 August 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 29 May 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | May 1922 |
| Recommissioned: | January 1930 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 July 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold 30 November 1945 |
| Struck: | 13 August 1945 |
| General Characteristics |
|---|
| Displacement: | 1,211 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
| Propulsion: |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 136 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 x 4 in (102 mm), 2 x 3 in (76 mm), 12 x 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
The second
USS Badger (DDâ€"126) was a
Wickes class destroyer in the
United States Navy during the
World War I . She was named for Commodore
Oscar C. Badger.
Badger was launched
24 August 1918 by
New York Shipbuilding Corporation,
Camden, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. Henry F. Bryan, granddaughter of Commodore Badger; commissioned
29 May 1919, Commander
Q. T. Swasey in command; and reported to the
Atlantic Fleet.
Following commissioning,
Badger steamed to the
Mediterranean where she cruised until August 1919. Upon her return to the east coast she was assigned to the
Pacific Fleet, arriving at
San Diego in September. She served at various naval bases on the west coast until May 1922 when she was placed out of commission.
Upon recommissioning in January 1930
Badger served with the
Battle Force and
Scouting Force in the
Pacific. In April
1933 she returned to the Atlantic and thereafter participated in coastal cruises and reserve training. During 1938 to 1939 she operated with Special Squadron 4 based at
Villefranche,
France. Upon her return to
Norfolk, she joined Destroyer Division 53,
Patrol Force with additional summer assignments to the Midshipmen Coastal Cruise Detachment.
Between December 1941 and October 1944
Badger operated as a convoy escort in the Atlantic and Caribbean. Twice she escorted convoys to
North Africa (
15 October to
28 November 1943 and
15 February to
24 March 1944), and for a brief period (
27 June to
1 September 1943) she served as a unit of anti-submarine hunter killer groups 21.12 and 21.16.
In October 1944
Badger transited the Panama Canal and conducted anti submarine training off
Balboa, Canal Zone. Between
15 November 1944 and
20 June 1945 Badger served with the Anti-Submarine Development Detachment,
Port Everglades, Florida, conducting anti-submarine development exercises. She arrived at
Philadelphia 22 June 1945 and was decommissioned
20 July. She was sold
30 November 1945.
Badger received one
battle star while operating with TG 21.12.
See
USS Badger for other ships of this name.
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NavSource Online:Destroyer Photo Index DD-126 USS BADGER. Verified availability 03-06-2005.
