| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Clemson |
| Pennant | AVD 3 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 24 Sep 1918 |
| Launched | 6 Mar 1920 |
| Commissioned | 28 Jul 1920 |
| End service | 3 Oct 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 11 August 1922 Loaned to the Coast Guard as CG-16 from 1 October 1930 till 21 May 1934 Reclassified as sea plane tender AVP-16 on 1 October 1939 Recommissioned on 8 January 1940 Classification changed to AVD-3 on 2 August 1940 Converted back into a destroyer in early 1943 but classification changed back to DD-196 only on 1 December 1943 Converted to high speed transport and redesignated APD-33 on 19 May 1944 Classification changed back to DD-196 on 20 July 1945 Decommissioned on 3 October 1945 Stricken on 24 October 1945 Sold to be broken up for scrap on 3 June 1946 |
Commands listed for USS George E. Badger (AVD 3)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Robert Selden Purvis, Jr., USN | 19 Apr 1941 | Jul 1942 |
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Noteable events involving George E. Badger include:
23 Jul 1943
The German submarine U-613 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic south of the Azores, in position 35.32N, 28.36W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS George E. Badger. (see map)
13 Dec 1943
The German submarine U-172 was sunk on 13 December 1943 in the mid-Atlantic after a 27 hour fight west of the Canary Islands, in position 26º29'N, 29º58'W, by depth charges and Fido homing torpedoes from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-19) of the American escort carrier USS Bogue and by some 200 depth charges from the US destroyers USS George E. Badger, USS Clemson, USS Osmond Ingram and USS Du Pont. (see map)