Memberships Commodore Badger was a member of the Aztec Club of 1847, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and the Military Order of Foreign Wars. Honored in ship naming The Badger (Destroyer No. 126) (1919–1945) was named for Commodore Oscar C. Badger, while his son, Admiral Charles Johnston Badger was similarly honored by the naming of the destroyer (1943–1957). The ocean escort ship (1970–1991) honors the commodore, his son, his grandson, Admiral Oscar C. Badger II, and his cousin George Edmund Badger, the 12th United States Secretary of the Navy. See also Mexican–American War American Civil War Oscar C. Badger II Notes References External links 1823 births 1899 deaths United States Navy commodores United States Naval Academy alumni People from Mansfield, Connecticut Union Navy officers United States Navy personnel of the Mexican–American War People of Connecticut in the American Civil War Military personnel from Connecticut Commanders of the USS Constitution Burials at Arlington National Cemetery