USS Badger (1889)
USS Badger in 1898 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name |
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| Builder | Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, 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, U.S. Army Transport Lawton |
| 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 |
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USS Badger was an auxiliary cruiser of the United States Navy, the first U.S. Navy ship named after the burrowing mammal. Badger was sold to the War Department in April 1900 to serve as the U.S. Army Transport Lawton.
She was built in 1889 by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, 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.