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George Edmund Badger (17 April 1795 - 11 May 1866) was born on in New Bern, North Carolina. Following a partial college education at Yale University, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1814. Badger practiced law in North Carolina, was active in state politics, and served as a state superior court judge. A supporter of Andrew Jackson from the 1820s, he separated with him in the mid-1830s, became a leader of the Whig party and helped carry the Whigs to victory in the 1840 Presidential election. Badger was a cousin of naval officers Oscar C. Badger, Charles J. Badger and Oscar C. Badger II. (continued at...Wikipedia)
Oscar C. Badger (12 August 1823 - 20 June 1899) was born in Mansfield, Connecticut. Appointed midshipman 9 September 1841, served in Independence, Saratoga, and the sidewheel steamer Mississippi. He attended the Naval School (as the Naval Academy was then called) at Annapolis, Md.; and was warranted a passed midshipman on 10 August 1847. Posted to the Pacific Squadron he served in Supply, the frigate Savannah, and the sloop Vincennes. After a tour of duty at the Naval Observatory in Washington DC he returned to the Pacific Squadron for duty in the sloop John Adams and, was assigned in turn to Plymouth, Macedonian, Minnesota, and, lastly, to the Washington Navy Yard. (continued at...DANFS)
Charles J. Badger (6 August 1853 - 7 September 1932) was born in Rockville, Md., the son of Commodore Oscar Charles and Margaret M. (Johnston) Badger. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy at large by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869, graduating in 1873. He married Sophia J. Champlin, October 4, 1882. Promoted to Captain, July 1, 1907. He served as Superintendent of the Naval Academy, 1907-09; commanded the battleship USS Kansas, 1909-11; promoted to Rear Admiral, March 8, 1911. He was retired by operation of law, August 6,1915, but continued on active duty as a member of the Navy General Board until February 28, 1921. He lived thereafter in Cleveland Park, D.C. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his contribution as chairman of the General Board during World War I. Rear Admiral Badger died 7 September 1932 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (continued at...Arlington National Cemetary Web Site)
Oscar Charles Badger II (26 June 1890 - 30 November 1958) was the son of Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger (q.v.) and the grandson of Commodore Oscar C. Badger, and was born on in Washington D.C. He entered the Naval Academy in 1907 and graduated in 1911 as a member of the last academy class to go to sea after graduation as passed midshipmen rather than as commissioned officers. He served first in Minnesota (Battleship No. 22) and then in Utah (BB-31). From the latter, he led the first landing party ashore at Veracruz, Mexico, on 21 April 1914 and was awarded the Medal of Honor for the eminent and conspicuous ... skill and courage with which he carried out that duty. (continued at...DANFS)
USS Badger (DE-1071) was the first ship to be named in honor of the four Badgers, she was precededed by Destroyer No. 126, named for Commodore Oscar C. Badger; DD-196, named for Senator George Edmund Badger; and DD-657, named for Rear Admiral Charles Johnston Badger.
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circa 1977-1979: at Pearl Harbor - moored outboard of USS Whipple (DE-1062) |
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circa 1977-1979: at Pearl Harbor - moored outboard of Whipple |
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1 July 1980: At sea - An RGM-84 Harpoon missile is launched from an ASROC launcher aboard the Knox class frigate USS Badger (FF-1071). (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-83-07005 from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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1 April 1983: At sea - Aerial port bow view of Badger underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-83-06993 from the DVIC) |
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1 April 1983: At sea - Aerial starboard quarter view of Badger underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-83-06996 from the DVIC) |
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1 October 1983: At sea - An aerial port beam view of Badger underway during recovery operations for downed Korean Airlines Flight 007. KAL-007 was shot down by a Soviet aircraft when it entered Soviet airspace. (US Navy photo DVID #DF-ST-85-09928 by Ssgt Lee Schading from the DVIC) |
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2 November 1983: Apra Harbor, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands - A port bow view of Brooke, front, and the frigate USS Badger (FF-1071) moored at a pier. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-90-07741, by PHAN M. Anderson, from the DVIC) |
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2 November 1983: Apra Harbor, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands - A port bow view of Badger moored at a pier. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-90-07740 by PHAN M. Anderson from the DVIC) |
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1 July 1984: At sea - A port beam view of Badger underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-85-01565 by PHAN M. Anderson from the DVIC) |
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1 May 1985: At sea - A port beam view of Badger underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-09123 by PH3 Thomas M. Hensley from the DVIC) |
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1 May 1985: At sea - A port amidships view of Badger underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-09124 by PH3 Thomas M. Hensley from the DVIC) |
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1 May 1985: At sea - An elevated port amidships view of Badger underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-09125 by PH3 Thomas M. Hensley from the DVIC) |
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1 May 1985: At sea - A port quarter view of Badger underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-09128 by PH3 Thomas M. Hensley from the DVIC) |
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1 May 1985: At sea - A stern view of Badger underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-09129 by PH3 Thomas M. Hensley from the DVIC) |
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1 December 1985: At sea - A port bow view of Badger underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-87-11048 by PH3 Thomas M. Hensley from the DVIC) |
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25 March 1986: At sea - A port beam view of Badger underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-86-08680 by PH3 K. McGlothin from the DVIC) |
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1 July 1986: At sea - A port bow view of Badger underway during a midshipmen's summer training cruise. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-03054 by PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn from the DVIC) |
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1 July 1986: At sea - A midshipman plots a course in the combat information center of Badger during a midshipmen's summer training cruise. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-07108 by PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn from the DVIC) |
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July 1987: Pearl Harbor - Badger pierside with USS Whipple (FF-1062) outboard of her. |
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1 February 1988: At sea - A starboard bow view of Badger underway in rough seas off Southern California. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04476 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC) |
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1 February 1988: At sea - A starboard bow view of Badger underway in rough seas off Southern California. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04477 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC) |
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1 February 1988: At sea - A starboard bow view of Badger underway in rough seas off Southern California. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04478 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC) |
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1 February 1988: At sea - A starboard bow view of Badger underway in rough seas off Southern California. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04479 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC) |
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1 February 1988: At sea - A starboard beam view of Badger underway in rough seas off Southern California. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04480 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC) |
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21 July 1998: Last known photo of Badger, the US Navy sank ex-USS Badger during weapons exercises as a part of RIMPAC 98. She absorbed hits from Penguin, Hellfire, Maverick and telemetry Harpoon missiles. She was still afloat at sunset, but is assumed to have sunk sometime during the night as search aircraft could not locate her on the morning of the 22nd. |
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