USS Badger (1889)
USS Badger in 1898 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Badger |
| Builder: | John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down: | 1889 |
| Launched: | 1889 |
| Acquired: | by purchase, 19 April 1898 |
| Commissioned: | 25 April 1898 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 October 1899 |
| Fate: | Transferred to War Department, 7 April 1900 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Auxiliary cruiser |
| Displacement: | 4,784 long tons (4,861 t) |
| Length: | 329 ft 6 in (100.43 m) |
| Beam: | 48 ft 3 in (14.71 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft 5 in (5.61 m) |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement: | 235 officers and men |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (130 mm) guns |
USS Badger was an auxiliary cruiser of the United States Navy, the first U.S. Navy ship named after the burrowing mammal.
She was built in 1889 by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania, as merchant ship Yumuri, purchased for use in the Spanish-American War on 19 April 1898 and converted to an auxiliary cruiser at New York Navy Yard, then commissioned on 25 April 1898, Commander A. S. Snow in command; and joined the North Patrol Squadron.
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