USS Badger (DD-126)

USS Badger (DD-126)
History
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
Armament	As built: 4 × 4 in (100 mm), 2 × 3 in (76.2 mm), 4 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tube mounts 1941: 6 × 3-inch/50-caliber guns, 2 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tube mounts, 24 depth charges

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.