USS Midway (CV-41) refueling USS Badger (DE-1071) in the South China Sea, April 1975, during Operation Frequent Wind. Original photograph by DanMS.
USS Badger (FF-1071)
The U.S. Navy frigate USS Badger (FF-1071) underway in the Pacific Ocean on 1 December 1985.
History
The first Badger (DD-126) was named for Commodore Oscar C. Badger (a cousin of Secretary of the Navy George Edmund Badger), the father of Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, the son of the commodore and the father of the admiral, was also honored by the naming of the destroyer Charles J. Badger (DD-657) (q.v.), and the grandfather of Admiral Oscar C. Badger. This Badger (FF-1071) honors all four men.
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