This site is offered as a testimony to both the USS Badger DE/FF-1071 and all the men who served aboard her.

Although this site primarily databases information about USS Badger DE/FF1071, information regarding other Frigates of the era is also provided. This information is located on the Frigates informational page. I have also captured information regarding the Navy's "first of the frigates" in the scrapbook which is located under "Miscellaneous" in the navigation bar to the left. You'll find that the scrapbook also contains information on an assortment of other items including but not limited to: miscellaneous naval topics, naval poems, prayers and hymns, nautical knots, ship classification symbols, US Naval arsenal and Recollections of Stephen A. Hoagland, a shipmate who served aboard the USS George E. Badger DD-196. These recollections were posted at the request of his son, Stephen Hoagland Jr.

Each of the many HTML pages that comprise this site have been individually crafted and coded without the use of frames. I mention frames because had I used them coding would have been incredibly easier especially considering the banner, upper and left task bars are consistent throughout these pages! There are many reasons however, why I opted not to use frames but to instead code each page individually, one by one. There is also a purpose behind the site's elemental design and the "keep it simple" approach which was employed when it came to the coding itself. As a matter of fact about the only code you'll find throughout these pages is CSS, HTML, java-script, PHP, and some flash. The exceptions are obvious and include full blown web applications written for specific purposes, i.e., the Forums, Gallery and the Scrapbook just to name a few.

Any consistent bugs, broken links, etc., should be reported in the "Bug Report" message board.

Thank you for taking the time to read through all this information. If you have any questions and/or suggestions please feel free to submit them using the "Contact Me " option located in the gray navigation bar to the left of your screen.

USS Badger 1071.org has no official affiliations whatsoever to the US Navy, the US Department of Defense or any other governmental or commercial agencies and/or entities.

Updated: 03/02/12