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

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 Steam 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.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
bad01		An undated starboard side view of the auxiliary cruiser USS Badger at anchor. USN Photo		Robert Hurst
ac-bad02	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.		USNHC
bad02	152k	USS Badger at the New York Navy Yard on 7 June 1898 fitted as an auxiliary cruiser. U.S. National Archives, RG-19-N-A-1, Photo No. 19-N-19-17-4		Mike Green
ac-bad03	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.		USNHC
301308901 TEP0085	106k	USAT Rosecrans moored outboard of USAT Lawton pierside at Seattle, WA, preparing to transport troops to China, circa 1900. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number TEP0085 and TEP0053], Photo by Theodore E. Peiser.		University of Washington Digital Collection
301308902 TEP0053	54k
ac-bad05	147k	USAT Lawton at Seattle, Washington, on 5 June 1900 soon after her transfer to the Army. She was departing Seattle for Cape Nome, Alaska. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 105916		Mike Green
bad04	47k	USAT Lawton at a Seattle dock preparing to transport U.S. troops to China, for the Boxer Rebellion, 1900. Caption on image: USAT Lawton No 3. Peiser. Seattle . Peiser 10139. Theodore E. Peiser Photographs. University of Washington: Special Collections.		Robert Hurst
bad05	50k	USAT Lawton at a Seattle dock preparing to transport U.S. troops to China, 1900. Caption on image: USAT Lawton No. 2. Peiser. Seattle . Peiser 10102. Theodore E. Peiser Photographs. University of Washington: Special Collections. 85.		Robert Hurst
bad06	61k	USAT Lawton at Arlington Dock in Seattle, probably 1900. Peiser 1 PH Coll 282.157. Theodore E. Peiser Photographs. University of Washington: Special Collections. 190.		Robert Hurst
092200319	64k	USAT Hancock left, and USAT Lawton at anchor off Mare Island Navy Yard, in December 1902. US Navy photo		Darryl Baker
bad03	178k	USS Lawton in 1905 after her reactivation as a Navy transport. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 61885		Mike Green
c2207	157k	Stern view of USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 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
ac-bad04	97k	S.S. Rose City (ex Lawton, ex Badger) underway in San Francisco Bay in 1911.		Mike Green

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)

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