USS George E. Badger

History
George E. Badger as a seaplane tender in 1940
United States
Namesake	George E. Badger
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Cost	$1,438,690 (hull and machinery)
Laid down	24 September 1918
Launched	6 March 1920
Commissioned	28 July 1920
Decommissioned	11 August 1922
Fate	Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard 1 October 1934
Acquired	21 May 1934 (from U.S. Coast Guard)
Reclassified	Small seaplane tender, AVP-16, 1 October 1939
Recommissioned	8 January 1940
Reclassified	Seaplane tender destroyer, AVD-3, 2 August 1940 High-speed transport, APD-33, 19 May 1944 Destroyer, DD-196, 20 July 1945
Decommissioned	3 October 1945
Stricken	24 October 1945
Honors & awards	8 battle stars & Presidential Unit Citation (World War II)
Fate	Scrapped 3 June 1946
United States Coast Guard
Name	USCGD George E. Badger
Namesake	Previous name retained
Acquired	1 October 1930 (from U.S. Navy)
Fate	Transferred to U.S. Navy 21 May 1934
General characteristics
Class & type	Clemson-class destroyer
Displacement	1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
Length	314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Beam	31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Draft	9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Propulsion	26,500 shp (19.8 MW) Geared turbines 2 screws
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,900 nmi (9,100 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	101 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 4"/50 caliber guns 1 × 3"/23 caliber gun 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS George E. Badger (DD-196/CG-16/AVP-16/AVD-3/APD-33) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II; she was named for Secretary of the Navy George E. Badger (1795–1866).