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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=U.S.S. ''Badger'' (1898)|hullno= |prefix=U.S.S. |name=Badger |cat=ArmedMerchantCruiser |chain=NONE |type=auxiliary cruiser |nat=US |builder=[[John Roach]]{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} |launch=12 October, 1889{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} |purchased=19 April, 1898{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} |comm=22 April, 1898{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} |decomm=31 October, 1899{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} |strick=23 March, 1900{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} |fate=Transferred |fatedate=7 April, 1900{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} |fate2=to War Department |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. Badger''' was a former merchant ship purchased and converted into an [[Armed Merchant Cruiser|auxiliary cruiser]] by the [[United States Navy]] in 1898. ==Construction== Purchased from the Ward Line by the [[U.S. Navy]] on 19 April, 1898 and renamed ''Badger''.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} ==Service== ''Badger'' was commissioned on 22 April, 1898, with {{CommUS}} [[Albert Sydney Snow|Albert S. Snow]] in command. Transferred to the War Department on 7 April, 1900 and renamed ''Lawton'', she was returned to the Navy on 12 November, 1902. Retaining the name ''Lawton'', she served as a transport until stricken again on 24 April, 1907.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Badger''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{US-1Badger|f=p}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Albert Sydney Snow|nick=Albert S. Snow|appt=19 April, 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 6}}}} {{TenureListEnd}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==Armament== {{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} * six 5-inch/40 caliber * six 3-pounders ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Badger_(1889)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} * {{Conways1860}} * {{SilverstoneNewNavy}} {{refend}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Badger}} {{CatClassArmedMerchantCruiser|US}} {{CatShipArmedMerchantCruiser|US}} <!-- data nat=US cat=ArmedMerchantCruiser type=auxiliary cruiser prefix=U.S.S. chain=NONE sortdate=19 April, 1898 {ship name=Badger hullno= pend= builder=[[John Roach]]{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} yardno= jobno= workno= order= purchased=19 4 1898{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} laid=1889 launch=12 10 1889{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} trials= guntrials= comp= captured= charter= acquire= requisitioned= comm=22 4 1898{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} decomm=31 10 1899{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} cancel= strick=23 3 1900{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} fate=Transferred fatedate=7 4 1900{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 32}} fate2=to War Department } data -->

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