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{{Short description|Clemson-class destroyer}}
'''USS ''George E. Badger'' (DD-196/CG-16/AVP-16/AVD-3/APD-33)''' was a [[Clemson class destroyer|''Clemson''-class]] [[destroyer]] in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]; she was named for Senator [[George Edmund Badger|George E. Badger]] (1795–1866).
{{for|the World War II Liberty ship|SS George E. Badger}}


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'''USS ''George E. Badger'' (DD-196/CG-16/AVP-16/AVD-3/APD-33)''' was a {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer}} in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]; she was named for [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] [[George Edmund Badger|George E. Badger]] (1795–1866).


==Construction and commissioning==
''George E. Badger'' was laid down [[24 September]] [[1918]] by the [[Northrop Grumman Newport News|Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company]]; [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] [[6 March]] [[1920]]; sponsored by Miss Mary B. Wilson, the namesake's granddaughter; and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] [[28 July]] [[1920]], with Lieutenant Commander Albert Gleaves Berry, Jr., in command.
''George E. Badger'' was laid down on 24 September 1918 by the [[Northrop Grumman Newport News|Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company]]; launched on 6 March 1920; sponsored by Miss Mary B. Wilson, the namesake's granddaughter; and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 28 July 1920.


==Service history==
After shakedown, she was based at [[Charleston, South Carolina]], while operating in [[Caribbean]] waters and along the eastern seaboard from [[Jacksonville, Florida]], to [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. Returning to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] [[6 June]] [[1922]], she was decommissioned there [[11 August]] [[1922]].
After shakedown, she was based at [[Charleston, South Carolina]], while operating in [[Caribbean]] waters and along the eastern seaboard from [[Jacksonville, Florida]], to [[Boston]]. Returning to [[Philadelphia]] on 6 June 1922, she was decommissioned there on 11 August 1922.


She was subsequently transferred to the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]] [[1 October]] [[1930]] for use by the [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]]. She was reacquired by the Navy [[21 May]] [[1934]] and redesignated '''AVP-16''' on [[1 October]] [[1939]].
She was subsequently transferred to the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]] on 1 October 1930 for use by the [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]]. She was reacquired by the Navy on 21 May 1934 and redesignated '''AVP-16''' on 1 October 1939.


===World War II===
''George E. Badger'' recommissioned at Philadelphia [[8 January]] [[1940]], Lt. Comdr. Frank Akers in command. During the next year she engaged in training operations in the Caribbean. Redesignated '''AVD-3''' on [[2 August]] [[1940]], she returned to [[Norfolk, Virginia]] [[12 January]] [[1941]] and subsequently tended planes while based at [[Argentia|Argentia, Newfoundland]], and [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]], until the spring of [[1942]].
''Badger'' recommissioned at Philadelphia on 8 January 1940, Lieutenant Commander [[Frank Peak Akers|Frank Akers]] in command. During the next year she engaged in training operations in the Caribbean. Redesignated '''AVD-3''' on 2 August 1940, she returned to [[Norfolk, Virginia]] on 12 January 1941 and subsequently tended planes while based at [[Naval Station Argentia|NS Argentia]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]], and [[Reykjavík]], Iceland, until the spring of 1942.


Ordered to Charleston, [[26 May]] [[1942]], she escorted [[convoy]]s along the eastern seaboard, in the [[Gulf of Mexico]], and to [[Recife]] and [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]], until returning to Norfolk [[15 January]] [[1943]] to be fitted out for Atlantic convoy duty. Through the spring of 1943 she operated out of Argentia escorting convoys bound for the [[United Kingdom]]. In June she underwent overhaul at Norfolk, then sailed [[13 July]] for North Africa. Steaming with [[escort aircraft carrier|escort carrier]], [[USS Bogue (CVE-9)|''Bogue'']] (CVE-9) and destroyer [[USS Clemson (DD-186)|''Clemson'']] (DD-186), she sank [[Unterseeboot 613|''U-613'']] on [[23 July]] [[1943]] after four [[depth charge|depth-charge]] attacks broke up the deep-running [[submarine]] southwest of [[São Miguel Island|Sao Miguel]], [[Azores]]; all 48 crew on board died. This victory came just a few hours before planes from ''Bogue'' attacked and sank [[Unterseeboot 521|''U-521'']] not far away.
Ordered to Charleston, on 26 May 1942, she escorted [[convoy]]s along the eastern seaboard, in the [[Gulf of Mexico]], and to [[Recife]] and [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil, until returning to Norfolk on 15 January 1943 to be fitted out for Atlantic convoy duty. Through the spring of 1943 she operated out of Argentia escorting convoys bound for the United Kingdom. In June, she underwent overhaul at Norfolk, then sailed on 13 July for North Africa. Steaming with {{USS|Bogue|CVE-9|2}} and {{USS|Clemson|DD-186|2}}, she sank {{Ship|German submarine|U-613||2}} on 23 July 1943 after four [[depth charge]] attacks broke up the deep-running [[submarine]] southwest of [[São Miguel Island|Sao Miguel]], [[Azores]]; all 48 crew on board died. This victory came just a few hours before planes from ''Bogue'' attacked and sank {{Ship|German submarine|U-521||2}} not far away.


After a landfall at [[Casablanca]], ''George E. Badger'' returned to New York [[23 August]]. During the next 2 months she made another escort voyage from New York to Casablanca, then returned to New York [[21 October]]. Departing [[Hampton Roads]] [[14 November]], she sailed for North Africa with ''Bogue'' and destroyers [[USS Osmond Ingram (DD-255)|''Osmond Ingram'']] (DD-255), [[USS Du Pont (DD-152)|''Du Pont'']] (DD-152) and ''Clemson'' on an offensive antisubmarine patrol. On [[12 December]] [[1943]], in the mid-Atlantic west of the [[Canary Islands]] this patrol engaged [[Unterseeboot 172|''U-172'']]. A protracted fight ensued, with Avenger and Wildcat aircraft from ''Bogue'' dropping depth charges and Fido homing torpedoes, and the destroyers expending roughly 200 depth charges in total. After 27 hours the submarine was sunk, with the loss of 13 crew (46 survived the action).
After a landfall at [[Casablanca]], ''Badger'' returned to New York on 23 August. During the next two months she made another escort voyage from New York to Casablanca, then returned to New York on 21 October. Departing [[Hampton Roads]] on 14 November, she sailed for North Africa with ''Bogue'', {{USS|Osmond Ingram|DD-255|2}}, {{USS|Du Pont|DD-152|2}}, and ''Clemson'' on an offensive anti-submarine patrol. On 12 December 1943, in the mid-Atlantic west of the [[Canary Islands]] this patrol engaged {{Ship|German submarine|U-172||2}}. A protracted fight ensued, with [[Grumman TBF Avenger]] and [[Grumman F4F Wildcat]] aircraft from ''Bogue'' dropping depth charges and Fido homing torpedoes, and the destroyers expending roughly 200 depth charges in total. After 27 hours, the submarine was sunk with the loss of 13 crew (46 survived the action).


After escorting another convoy from Norfolk to North Africa and back ''George E. Badger'' underwent conversion to high speed transport at Charleston and was redesignated '''APD-33''' on [[19 May]] [[1944]]. Sailing for duty in the Pacific, she steamed via the West Coast and [[Pearl Harbor]] to [[Guadalcanal]] where she arrived [[12 August]]. From there she carried to the [[Palau Islands]]. Reaching [[Angaur Island]] [[12 September]], she screened warships bombarding the island and from [[14 September]] to [[16 September]] sent her frogmen ashore for reconnaissance and demolition work. Intelligence was gathered and obstacles on the beach removed before the ship got underway [[12 October]] for [[Leyte (island)|Leyte]], where until [[18 October]] she supported the reconnaissance and bombardment of the east coast of that strategic island and again landed her frogmen.
After escorting another convoy from Norfolk to North Africa and back, ''Badger'' underwent conversion to high speed transport at Charleston and was redesignated '''APD-33''' on 19 May 1944. Sailing for duty in the Pacific, she steamed via the West Coast and [[Pearl Harbor]] to [[Guadalcanal]] where she arrived on 12 August. From there she carried to the [[Palau Islands]]. Reaching [[Angaur Island]] on 12 September, she screened warships bombarding the island and from 14 to 16 September sent her frogmen ashore for reconnaissance and demolition work. Intelligence was gathered and obstacles on the beach removed before the ship got underway on 12 October for [[Leyte (island)|Leyte]], where until 18 October she supported the reconnaissance and bombardment of the east coast of that strategic island and again landed her frogmen.


Departing [[21 October]], she called at [[Kossol Passage]], [[Manus Island|Manus]], and [[Nouméa]] before participating in the [[Battle of Luzon|Lingayen landings]] of [[5 January]]&ndash;[[11 January]] [[1945]]. In these she lent her effective fire support as requested, and on the first day of the landings, [[5 January]], shot down an attacking Japanese [[torpedo plane]]. Her frogmen landed on the beaches two days later, and, despite frequent air attacks, ''George E. Badger'' continued screening during landings from [[7 January]] until sailing on [[11 January]] for Leyte and [[Ulithi]].
Departing on 21 October, she called at [[Kossol Passage]], [[Manus Island|Manus]], and [[Nouméa]] before participating in the [[Battle of Luzon|Lingayen landings]] of 5–11 January 1945. In these she lent her effective fire support as requested, and on the first day of the landings, 5 January, shot down an attacking Japanese [[torpedo plane]]. Her frogmen landed on the beaches two days later, and, despite frequent air attacks, ''Badger'' continued screening during landings from 7 January until sailing on 11 January for Leyte and [[Ulithi]].


Until the spring of 1945 the veteran warship was overhauled at Ulithi; conducted patrols off [[Iwo Jima]] during heavy fighting on the island; and escorted ships from [[Guam]] to Guadalcanal, Nouméa, and Manus. She sailed from Ulithi [[2 April]] [[1945]] for [[Okinawa]] with carriers delivering replacement aircraft, and subsequently escorted convoys from [[Saipan]] to Okinawa. ''George E. Badger'' sailed from [[Eniwetok]] [[24 June]] for Pearl Harbor.
Until the spring of 1945, the veteran warship was overhauled at Ulithi; conducted patrols off [[Iwo Jima]] during heavy fighting on the island; and escorted ships from [[Guam]] to Guadalcanal, Nouméa, and Manus. She sailed from Ulithi on 2 April 1945 for [[Okinawa]] with carriers delivering replacement aircraft, and subsequently escorted convoys from [[Saipan]] to Okinawa. ''Badger'' sailed from [[Eniwetok]] on 24 June for Pearl Harbor.


Ordered thence to [[San Francisco, California]] for reconversion, she reverted to '''DD-196''' on [[20 July]] [[1945]] and was later decommissioned at that port [[3 October]] [[1945]]. ''George E. Badger'' was scrapped [[3 June]] [[1946]].
Ordered thence to San Francisco for reconversion, she reverted to '''DD-196''' on 20 July 1945 and was later decommissioned at that port on 3 October 1945. ''George E. Badger'' was scrapped on 3 June 1946.


As of 2005, no other U.S. Navy ship has been named ''George E. Badger''.
''George E. Badger'' received eight [[battle star]]s for [[World War II]] service and a [[Presidential Unit Citation (US)]].


==Awards==
As of [[2005]], no other ship has been named ''George E. Badger''.


*[[File:United States Navy Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg|106px]] [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]]
== References ==
*[[File:American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[American Defense Service Medal]]
{{DANFS}}
*{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|name=American Campaign Medal ribbon|width=106}} [[American Campaign Medal]] with one [[battle star]] for [[World War II]] service
*{{ribbon devices|number=4|type=service-star|ribbon=European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]] with four battle stars for World War II service
*{{ribbon devices|number=5|type=service-star|name=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon|width=106}} [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] with five battle stars for [[World War II]] service
*[[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[World War II Victory Medal]]


==References==
== External links ==
* {{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/g/george-e-badger-dd-196.html}}
*[http://history.navy.mil/danfs/g4/george_e_badger.htm history.navy.mil: USS ''George E. Badger'']
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/196.htm navsource.org: USS ''George E. Badger'']
*[http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd196txt.htm hazegray.org: USS ''George E. Badger'']


==External links==
*[http://www.uboat.net/boats/u613.htm uboat.net: ''U-613'']
{{Commons category|USS George E. Badger (DD-196)}}
*[http://www.uboat.net/boats/u172.htm uboat.net: ''U-172'']
* {{navsource|05/196|USS George E. Badger}}
* [http://www.uboat.net/boats/u613.htm uboat.net: ''U-613'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101227053254/http://www.uboat.net/boats/u172.htm uboat.net: ''U-172'']


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Latest revision as of 18:28, 3 April 2023

For the World War II Liberty ship, see SS George E. Badger.

George E. Badger as a seaplane tender in 1940
History
United States
NamesakeGeorge E. Badger
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Cost$1,438,690 (hull and machinery)[1]
Laid down24 September 1918
Launched6 March 1920
Commissioned28 July 1920
Decommissioned11 August 1922
FateTransferred to U.S. Coast Guard 1 October 1934
Acquired21 May 1934 (from U.S. Coast Guard)
ReclassifiedSmall seaplane tender, AVP-16, 1 October 1939
Recommissioned8 January 1940
Reclassified
Decommissioned3 October 1945
Stricken24 October 1945
Honors and
awards		8 battle stars & Presidential Unit Citation (World War II)
FateScrapped 3 June 1946
United States Coast Guard
NameUSCGD George E. Badger
NamesakePrevious name retained
Acquired1 October 1930 (from U.S. Navy)
FateTransferred to U.S. Navy 21 May 1934
General characteristics
Class and typeClemson-class destroyer
Displacement1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
Length314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Beam31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Draft9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Propulsion
  • 26,500 shp (19.8 MW)
  • Geared turbines
  • 2 screws
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range4,900 nmi (9,100 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement101 officers and enlisted
Armament

USS George E. Badger (DD-196/CG-16/AVP-16/AVD-3/APD-33) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II; she was named for Secretary of the Navy George E. Badger (1795–1866).

Construction and commissioning[edit]

George E. Badger was laid down on 24 September 1918 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company; launched on 6 March 1920; sponsored by Miss Mary B. Wilson, the namesake's granddaughter; and commissioned on 28 July 1920.

Service history[edit]

After shakedown, she was based at Charleston, South Carolina, while operating in Caribbean waters and along the eastern seaboard from Jacksonville, Florida, to Boston. Returning to Philadelphia on 6 June 1922, she was decommissioned there on 11 August 1922.

She was subsequently transferred to the Treasury Department on 1 October 1930 for use by the Coast Guard. She was reacquired by the Navy on 21 May 1934 and redesignated AVP-16 on 1 October 1939.

World War II[edit]

Badger recommissioned at Philadelphia on 8 January 1940, Lieutenant Commander Frank Akers in command. During the next year she engaged in training operations in the Caribbean. Redesignated AVD-3 on 2 August 1940, she returned to Norfolk, Virginia on 12 January 1941 and subsequently tended planes while based at NS Argentia, Newfoundland, and Reykjavík, Iceland, until the spring of 1942.

Ordered to Charleston, on 26 May 1942, she escorted convoys along the eastern seaboard, in the Gulf of Mexico, and to Recife and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, until returning to Norfolk on 15 January 1943 to be fitted out for Atlantic convoy duty. Through the spring of 1943 she operated out of Argentia escorting convoys bound for the United Kingdom. In June, she underwent overhaul at Norfolk, then sailed on 13 July for North Africa. Steaming with Bogue and Clemson, she sank U-613 on 23 July 1943 after four depth charge attacks broke up the deep-running submarine southwest of Sao Miguel, Azores; all 48 crew on board died. This victory came just a few hours before planes from Bogue attacked and sank U-521 not far away.

After a landfall at Casablanca, Badger returned to New York on 23 August. During the next two months she made another escort voyage from New York to Casablanca, then returned to New York on 21 October. Departing Hampton Roads on 14 November, she sailed for North Africa with Bogue, Osmond Ingram, Du Pont, and Clemson on an offensive anti-submarine patrol. On 12 December 1943, in the mid-Atlantic west of the Canary Islands this patrol engaged U-172. A protracted fight ensued, with Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft from Bogue dropping depth charges and Fido homing torpedoes, and the destroyers expending roughly 200 depth charges in total. After 27 hours, the submarine was sunk with the loss of 13 crew (46 survived the action).

After escorting another convoy from Norfolk to North Africa and back, Badger underwent conversion to high speed transport at Charleston and was redesignated APD-33 on 19 May 1944. Sailing for duty in the Pacific, she steamed via the West Coast and Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal where she arrived on 12 August. From there she carried to the Palau Islands. Reaching Angaur Island on 12 September, she screened warships bombarding the island and from 14 to 16 September sent her frogmen ashore for reconnaissance and demolition work. Intelligence was gathered and obstacles on the beach removed before the ship got underway on 12 October for Leyte, where until 18 October she supported the reconnaissance and bombardment of the east coast of that strategic island and again landed her frogmen.

Departing on 21 October, she called at Kossol Passage, Manus, and Nouméa before participating in the Lingayen landings of 5–11 January 1945. In these she lent her effective fire support as requested, and on the first day of the landings, 5 January, shot down an attacking Japanese torpedo plane. Her frogmen landed on the beaches two days later, and, despite frequent air attacks, Badger continued screening during landings from 7 January until sailing on 11 January for Leyte and Ulithi.

Until the spring of 1945, the veteran warship was overhauled at Ulithi; conducted patrols off Iwo Jima during heavy fighting on the island; and escorted ships from Guam to Guadalcanal, Nouméa, and Manus. She sailed from Ulithi on 2 April 1945 for Okinawa with carriers delivering replacement aircraft, and subsequently escorted convoys from Saipan to Okinawa. Badger sailed from Eniwetok on 24 June for Pearl Harbor.

Ordered thence to San Francisco for reconversion, she reverted to DD-196 on 20 July 1945 and was later decommissioned at that port on 3 October 1945. George E. Badger was scrapped on 3 June 1946.

As of 2005, no other U.S. Navy ship has been named George E. Badger.

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Table 21 – Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.

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