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DD-657 Charles J. Badger
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | . . Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Is., N.Y. | 1943/04/03 | 1943/07/23 | 1970
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| Namesake: RAdm Charles Johnston Badger (*1853/08/06, +1932/09/07) - CO Kansas (1909-11), member of the Navy General Board (1915-1921) | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 42-43: Ms 21, 43: Ms 31/2c | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 43/11/2? | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 43/12/10 | 43/12/17 | sail from P.H. to Adak | 66 | ||
| 43/12/17 | 44/08/08 | 94/DesRon49 | Aleutians | 66 | |
| 44/03/01 | 44/03/05 | 94.6/DesRon49 | shell Paramushiru | 66 | |
| 44/06/10 | 44/06/28 | 94/DesRon49 | shell Paramushiro | ||
| 44/08/08 | |||||
| 44/10/1? | 44/10/2? | King2 | 77.2/DesRon49 | 66 105 | |
| 44/10/2? | escort unloaded transport to New Guinea | 66 | |||
| 44/11/1? | arrived Leyte with reinforcement convoy | 66 | |||
| 44/11/30 | San Francisco | 66 | |||
| 44/12/27 | 45/01/11 | Mike1 | 77 | 66 | |
| 45/01/11 | 45/01/13? | Mike1 | 77 | escort Kitkun Bay to Leyte | 66 |
| 45/01/29 | Mike7 | 78.3 | land Zambales province | 66 | |
| 45/03/02 | 45/03/05? | escort (+Luce, Wickes) Portland, Minneapolis to Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/03/19 | 45/04 | Iceber | 51.1 | 66 | |
| 45/04/08 | Iceber | damage(Shinjo boats) 6 nm NW of Naha City, Okinawa (26-18N, 127-39E) | 66 85 | ||
| 45/04/10 | 45/07 | Kerama Retto - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/05/20 | Iceber | contact with miniSS off Okinawa | |||
| 45/07/19 | attacked by kamikaze off Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa | 85 | |||
| 45/08/01 | 45/09 | Bremerton | 66 | ||