| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Cannon |
| Pennant | DE 101 |
| Built by | Dravo Corp. (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 2 Jan 1943 |
| Launched | 8 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 12 Nov 1943 |
| End service | 10 Mar 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned and transferred to Brasil 10 March 1945 being renamed Babitonga. |
| Career notes | To Brazil as Babitonga |
Commands listed for USS Alger (DE 101)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Warren Franklin Porter, USN | 12 Nov 1943 | 14 Dec 1943 |
| 2 | Dion Beauchamp Poupeney, USNR | 14 Dec 1943 | 8 Aug 1944 |
| 3 | William James Barney, Jr., USNR | 8 Aug 1944 | 10 Mar 1945 |
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Notable events involving Alger include:
14 May 1944
USS Alger picks up 10 survivors from the British merchant Janeta that was torpedoed and sunk on 1 May 1944 by German U-boat U-181 about 900 miles south by west of Ascension Island in position 18°14'S, 20°00'W.
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