USS Charles J. Badger
Service
- 23 July 1943 — 20 December 1957772 days of the war
- Name
- USS Charles J. Badger
- Namesake
- Charles J. Badger
- Builder
- Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, Staten Island
- Laid down
- 24 September 1942
- Launched
- 3 April 1943
- Commissioned
- 23 July 1943
- Decommissioned
- 20 December 1957
- Struck
- 1 February 1974
- Fate
- Sold to Chile for parts, 10 May 1974 (1974)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
- Length
- 114.6 m (376 ft)
- Beam
- 11.89 m (39 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Range
- 6,479 nmi (11,999 km)
- Complement
- 319
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
USS Charles J. Badger was a Fletcher-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after Charles J. Badger. Her keel was laid at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, Staten Island on 24 September 1942. Launched on 3 April 1943, she entered service on 23 July 1943.
173 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Gleaves-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer.
Displacement was 2,050 long tons. She measured 114.6 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 11.9 m (39 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 319.
Her main battery was four 40 mm (1.6 in) guns.
She was in commission for 772 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 20 December 1957. She was struck from the register on 1 February 1974.
She was transferred on 10 May 1974.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 60,000 shp (45 MW)
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 5 × 5-inch 38 caliber guns
- 4 × 40 mm AA guns
- 4 × 20 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Abbot (DD-629)
- USS Abner Read (DD-526)
- USS Albert W. Grant
- USS Ammen (DD-527)
- USS Anthony (DD-515)
- USS Aulick (DD-569)
- USS Bache (DD-470)
- USS Beale (DD-471)
- USS Bearss
- USS Bell (DD-587)
- USS Benham (DD-796)
- USS Bennett
- USS Bennion
- USS Black
- USS Boyd
- USS Bradford
- USS Braine
- USS Brown (DD-546)
- USS Brownson (DD-518)
- USS Bryant
- USS Bullard
- USS Burns (DD-588)
- USS Bush (DD-529)
- USS Callaghan (DD-792)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Charles J. Badger on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: USN — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-48844 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons