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Fate Sold May 10 1974 to Chile and cannibalized for spare parts.
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| 101k | Charles Johnston Badger (6 August 1853 - 7 September 1932) was an admiral in the United States Navy. His active-duty career included service in the Spanish-American War and World War I. The son of Commodore Oscar C. Badger (1823-1899), Charles Badger was born 6 August 1853 in Rockville, Maryland. He attned the United States Naval Academy, graduating in 1873.[1] Badger served in Cincinnati (C-7) during the Spanish-American War, and climaxed his career as Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his contribution as chairman of the Navy General Board during World War I. Rear Admiral Badger died 7 September 1932 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. R.Adm. Badger was a cousin of Secretary of the Navy George E. Badger (1790-1865); Admiral Oscar C. Badger II (1890–1958) was his son. Photo: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 79k | Artist's conception of the Badger by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates | |
| 99k | Undated, location unknown. | David Buell | |
| 75k | Laid up in mothballs at Long Beach, California, date unknown. From left to right are USS Charles J. Badger (DD-657), USS Stemble (DD-644), USS Wiley (DD-597), USS Hudson (DD-475) and USS Hall (DD-583). | Robert Hurst | |
| 87k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 200k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 148k | USS Charles J. Badger (DD-657) underway while leaving port, probably when recommissioned in 1951. The ship still has World War II era radar antennas. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #: NH 107201. | Robert Hurst | |
| 27k | USS Stockham (DD-683), USS Charles J. Badger (DD-657), USS Hazelwood (DD-531) and USS Heermann (DD-532), Spring 1954 in either Naples or Barcelona. | Josh Tickle | |
| 217k | Newspaper clipping describing the battle damage to the Badger at Okinawa.Circa late 1950s, location unknown. | Ron Reeves | |
| 112k | Circa late 1950s, location unknown. | David Buell | |
| 118k | Circa late 1950s, location unknown. | David Buell | |
| 152k | Circa late 1950s, location unknown. | David Buell | |
| 50k | South Boston Naval Annex, July 1960 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 50k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 138k | Ship's patch. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
CDR William Goodwin Cooper Jul 23 1943 - Apr 18 1944 LCDR John Henderson Cotten Apr 18 1944 - Aug 26 1945 LT John Dandridge Henley Kane Jr. Aug 26 1945 - Sep 22 1945 LCDR David Lombard Harris Sep 22 1945 - May 10 1946 (Decommissioned May 10 1946 - Sep 10 1951) CDR Hugh Marston Robinson Sep 10 1951 - ? CDR John Corbett Borden Oct 1951 - Jan 1953 CDR Audley Hill McCain ? 1956 - Dec 20 1957
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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