| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Fletcher |
| Pennant | DD 657 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 15 Dec 1941 |
| Laid down | 24 Sep 1942 |
| Launched | 3 Apr 1943 |
| Commissioned | 23 Jul 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold on 15 August 1966 Charles J. Badger was sold to Chile as a source of spare parts for other Fletcher Class ships operating in the navy of that country. |
Commands listed for USS Charles J. Badger (DD 657)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. William Goodwin Cooper, USN | 23 Jul 1943 | 18 Apr 1944 |
| 2 | John Henderson Cotten, USN | 18 Apr 1944 | 26 Aug 1945 |
| 3 | John Dandridge Henley Kane, Jr., USN | 26 Aug 1945 | 22 Sep 1945 |
| 4 | Lcmdr David Lombard Harris, USN | 22 Sep 1945 | 10 May 1946 |
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Notable events involving Charles J. Badger include:
9 Apr 1945
USS Charles J. Badger is damaged a depth charge dropped close aboard by a Japanese assault demolition boat off Okinawa in position 26°18'N, 127°39'E. The explosion knocked out the destroyers engines and caused heavy flooding.
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