Allied Warships

USS Charles J. Badger (DD 657)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

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	T/Cdr. William Goodwin Cooper, USN	23 Jul 1943	18 Apr 1944
2	T/Cdr. 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.