at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 22 June 1945 and was decommissioned on 20 July 1945. She was sold on 30 November 1945 for scrapping. Awards Badger received one battle star while operating with Task Group 21.12 in 1943. Convoys escorted Sources External links NavSource Online:Destroyer Photo Index DD-126 USS BADGER. Verified availability 03-06-2005. Wickes-class destroyers World War II destroyers of the United States Ships built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation 1918 ships