USS Badger (DD-126)
USS ''Badger'' (DD–126) was a United States Navy in commission from 1919 to 1922 and from 1930 to 1945. She saw service during World War II. She was named for Commodore (rank), Commodore Oscar C. Badger. Construction and commissioning ''Badger'' was Ceremonial ship launching, launched on 24 August 1918 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden, New Jersey, Camden, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. Henry F. Bryan, granddaughter of Commodore Badger. She was Ship commissioning, commissioned on 29 May 1919. Service history Pre-World War II Following her commissioning, ''Badger'' reported to the United States Atlantic Fleet. She steamed to the Mediterranean, where she cruised until August 1919. Upon her return to the United States East Coast, she was assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet, arriving at San Diego, California, in September 1919. She served at various naval bases on the United States West Coast until May 1922, when she was Ship decommissioning, decommissio ...
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Commodore (United States)
Commodore was an early title and later a rank in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard and the Confederate States Navy, and also has been a rank in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps) and its ancestor organizations. For over two centuries, the designation has been given varying levels of authority and formality. Today, it is no longer a specific rank within active-duty or reserve forces or in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps or NOAA Corps, but it remains in use as an ''honorary title'' within the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard for those senior captains (pay grade O-6) in command of operational organizations composed of multiple independent subordinate naval units (e.g., multiple independent ships or aviation squadrons). However, "commodore" is a rank that is actively used to this day in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, the civ ...
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