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USS BADGER (DD-126)

CLASS - WICKES (TATTNALL)
Built to Bath plans, built by New York SB., these Wickes versions were
slightly heavier but had a much poorer cruising radius.
Displacement 1,211 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 2 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 24,900 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines with Geared Cruising Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 101.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by New York Shipbuilding on January 9 1918.
Launched August 24 1918 and commissioned May 29 1919.
Decommissioned May 1922.
Recommissioned January 1930.
Decommissioned July 20 1945.
Stricken August 13 1945.
Fate Sold November 30 1945 and broken up for scrap.

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Badger 26kBorn in Connecticut in 1823, Oscar C. Badger was appointed Midshipman in 1841. He took an active part in the Mexican and Civil Wars and was frequently commended in dispatches. Commodore Badger retired in August 1885 and died in 1899. Photo of Oscar O. Badger (DD-126) - Commandant Boston Navy Yard, Feb. 15, 1882-Apr. 10, 1885 (Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-7012)Robert M. Cieri/Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard
Badger 72kUndated, location unknown.-
Badger 148kUndated, location unknown.Paul Rebold
Badger 155kUndated, out of the water on a marine railway. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.Darryl Baker
Badger 129kSan Diego, CA circa 1920, USS Radford (DD-120), USS Sproston (DD-173), USS Breese (DD-122), USS Badger (DD-126) and USS Montgomery (DD-121). Naval Historical Center photo NH50241.Daniel Dunham
Badger 153kDestroyers laid up at San Diego, California. Some of the eighty reserve destroyers in San Diego harbor, part of some 260 destroyers laid up there and at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photograph dated 29 December 1926. Identifiable ships present include (from left to right): USS Kennison (DD-138); USS Jacob Jones (DD-130); USS Aulick (DD-258); USS Babbitt (DD-128); USS Twiggs (DD-127); and USS Badger (DD-126). Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Badger 50kCirca 1930's, location unknown.Marc Piché
Badger 138kDestroyers at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 April 1930 These ships are (from left to right): USS Badger (DD-126); USS Claxton (DD-140); USS Philip (DD-76); USS Broome (DD-210); and the stricken Corry (ex DD-334), which is being scrapped.Fred Weiss
Badger 36k! February 1945, appears to be San francisco Bay.Paul Rebold

USS BADGER DD-126 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The hazegray Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

CDR Q. T. Swasey    May 29 1919 - ?
LCDR Wilfred Everett Clarke    Jun 1920 - Oct 1921
? John Henderson Cotten    1945 - 1945

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