Allied Warships

USS Badger (DD 126)

Destroyer of the Wickes class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Wickes
Pennant	DD 126
Built by	New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	9 Jan 1918
Launched	24 Aug 1918
Commissioned	29 May 1919
End service	20 Jul 1945
History	Decommissioned in May 1922 Recommissioned in January 1930 Decommissioned for the final time on 20 July 1945 Stricken 13 August 1945 Sold 30 November 1945 and broken up for scrap. During WW2 she operated in the Atlantic and the Carribbean as convoy escort. In 1944 she was relocated to the Pacific, and was assigned to training duties.

Commands listed for USS Badger (DD 126)

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	Commander	From	To
1	William Everett Hennigar, USN	21 Apr 1938	7 Jun 1940 (1)
2	Lt.Cdr. Stanley Leith, USN	7 Jun 1940	19 Jun 1941
3	Lt. John William Schmidt, USN	19 Jun 1941	9 Aug 1942 (1)
4	Lt. John Benjamin Morland, USN	9 Aug 1942	17 Nov 1942
5	T/Cdr. Royal Allan Wolverton, USN	17 Nov 1942	4 Jan 1944
6	Alanson Trask Enos, 3rd, USNR	4 Jan 1944	20 Jul 1945

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Notable events involving Badger include:

22 Dec 1942
HMS H 34 (Lt. G.M. Noll, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Fowey (Cdr.(Retd.) L.B.A. Majendie, RN), HMS Carnation (Lt. A. Branson, RNR), HMS Black Swan (Cdr. T.A.C. Pakenham, RN), HMS Tango (T/Lt. J. Hunter, RNR), USS Spencer, USS Badger and HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR). (2)

11 May 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Lowestoft (A/Cdr.(Retd.) L.H. Phillips, RN), USS Belknap and USS Badger. (3)

12 May 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Belknap and USS Badger, USS Lea, USS Osmond Ingram and USS Greene. (3)