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USS BADGER (Auxiliary Cruiser)
USS LAWTON (Transport/Cargo ship)

CLASS - N/A
Displacement 10,669 Tons, Dimensions, 527' 6" (oa) x 63' 2" x 23' (Mean)
Armament 4 x 6-pdrs, 4 3-pdrs
Armor, n/a
Machinery, n/a
Speed, 21.8 Knots, Crew 436.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid as YUMURI in 1889 at John Roach and Sons, Chester, PA.
Acquired by the US Navy on 19 APR 1898
Refitted as Auxiliary Cruiser and renamed BADGER
Commissioned 28 APR 1898
Decommissioned 31 OCT 1899
Stricken 23 MAR 1900
Transfered to the War Dept. 7 APR 1900
Refitted as Transport and renamed LAWTON
Returned to US Navy on 12 NOV 1902
Commissioned 18 APR 1905
Decommissioned 17 NOV 1906
Stricken 24 APR 1907
Sold to Pacific Mail Setam Ship Co. and renamed Rose City 1907
Passed to various other West Coast companies from 1909 to 1929
Cut down to Barge 1930
Fate: Unknown, presumed scrapped.

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Badger 65k

USS Badger At the New York Navy Yard, 4 June 1898, preparing for service off Cuba.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 57990.

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Badger 47k

USS Badger Photographed at the time of the Spanish-American War, 1898. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, Corte Madera, CA, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 67514.

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Charleston
c2207		   Stern view of USS Charleston (C-22) at her berth at Mare Island in December 1906. Ship forward of Charleston is USS Lawton and USS Relief is in the channel. Darryl Baker
USS BADGER History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
USS LAWTON History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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