GEORGE E BADGER DD 196

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Clemson Class Destroyer
Keel Laid September 24 1918 - Launched March 6 1920


1. USS GEORGE E. BADGER DD-196
   Commissioned July 28 1920 - Decommissioned August 11 1922
   
   
2. USCGC GEORGE E. BADGER CGC-16
   Loaned to U.S. Coast Guard October 1 1930
   Returned to U.S. Navy May 21 1934
   Reclassified Small Seaplane Tender (AVP) October 1 1939, While in reserve
   
   
3. USS GEORGE E. BADGER AVP-16
   Recommissioned January 8 1940
   
   
4. USS GEORGE E. BADGER AVD-3
   Reclassified Seaplane Tender Destroyer (AVD) August 2 1940
   
   
5. USS GEORGE E. BADGER DD-196
   Reverted to Destroyer (DD) December 1 1943
   
   
6. USS GEORGE E. BADGER APD-33
   Converted to High-speed Transport (APD) April 10 1944
   
   
7. USS GEORGE E. BADGER DD-196
   Reverted to Destroyer (DD) July 20 1945
   Decommissioned October 3 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register October 24 1945
   Sold 1946 and broken up for scrap

 

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1. Covers Page 1    (1934-44)

 

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U. S. Coast Guard Commissioning October 1 1930 to May 21 1934

 

Locy Type RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R2 SLKs

1934-05-01

As CGC-16

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Locy Type FDC SLPb Jan 8, 1940 (74x6)

1940-01-08

As AVP-16
First Day in Commission

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Post office established February 9 1940 - Disestablished October 1 1945

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 Feb 10, 1940 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"

1940-02-10

AS AVP-16
First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 Feb 10, 1940 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"

1940-02-10

As AVP-16
First Day of Postal Service
Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1940-02-10

AS AVP-16
First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1940-02-10

AS AVP-16
First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-05-15

As APD-33

 

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1944-03-12

As DD-196

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1942-01-08

As AVD-3
Manuscript ship's name on the front of the cover.

 

Other Information

GEORGE E. BADGER received eight battle stars for World War II service in addition to the Presidential Unit Citation
* TG21.13
Hunter-Killer Group ASW Operations July 12 to August 23 1943
* TG21.12
Hunter-Killer Group ASW Operations April 20 to June 20 1943
* TG21.13
Hunter-Killer Group ASW Operations November 11 to December 29 1943
* Western Caroline Islands operation
Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September 6 to October 14 1944
* Leyte operation
Leyte landings, October 10 to November 29 1944
* Luzon operation
Lingayen Gulf landings, January 4-18 1945
* Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, March 3-5 1945
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, May 3 to June 14 1945

Credited with sinking...
The German Submarine U-613, July 23 1943 south of the Azores
The German Submarine U-172, December 12 1943 west of the Canary Islands

NAMESAKE - George Edmund Badger (April 17 1795 - May 11 1866)
Following a partial college education at Yale, Badger studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1814. Badger practiced law in North Carolina, was active in state politics and held public office on occasion. A supporter of Andrew Jackson from the 1820s, he separated with him in the mid-1830s, became a leader of the Whig party and helped carry the Whigs to victory in the 1840 Presidential election. Upon taking office, President William Henry Harrison appointed George E. Badger as his Secretary of the Navy, and he continued in that post when John Tyler succeeded to the Presidency upon Harrison's death. Badger's brief term as Secretary was marked by efforts to strengthen the Navy in the face of tension with Great Britain, the establishment of the Home Squadron and continued interest in steamships. Badger resigned in September 1841, during a general cabinet shakeup. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1846 and remained a Senator until 1855. His political activities continued into the 1860s, when he was a Unionist during the secession crisis but thereafter supported the Confederate war effort. George E. Badger died in Raleigh, North Carolina, on May 11 1866.

 

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