&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Badger_(DD-126),_in_the_1930s.jpg) USS Badger (DD-126)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Badger |
| Namesake | Commodore Oscar C. Badger (1823–1899) |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
| Cost | $1,438,598.93 (hull and machinery)[1] |
| Laid down | 9 January 1918 |
| Launched | 24 August 1918 |
| Commissioned | 29 May 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 27 May 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 6 January 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 20 July 1945 |
| Stricken | 13 August 1945 |
| Honors and awards | One battle star for World War II |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 30 November 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| 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) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 136 officers and enlisted |
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USS Badger (DD–126) was a United States Navy Wickes-class destroyer in commission from 1919 to 1922 and from 1930 to 1945. She saw service during World War II. She was named for Commodore Oscar C. Badger.
- ^ "Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.