USS Osmond Ingram
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | Osmond Ingram |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy |
| Laid down | 15 October 1918 |
| Launched | 23 February 1919 |
| Commissioned | 28 June 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 24 June 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 22 November 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 8 January 1946 |
| Stricken | 21 January 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 17 June 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,215 tons |
| Length | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
| Beam | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 feet 10 inches (3.00 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range |
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| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
USS Osmond Ingram (DD-255/AVD–9/APD-35) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Gunners Mate First Class Osmond Ingram, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor.
Construction and commissioning
Osmond Ingram was laid down 15 October 1918 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts; launched 23 February 1919; sponsored by Mrs. N. E. Ingram, mother of Osmond Ingram; and commissioned at Boston 28 June 1919. She was designated AVD–9 from 2 August 1940 until 4 November 1943; reverted to DD–255 until 22 June 1944; and completed her service as APD–35.
History
After several years’ Atlantic service in fleet operations, Osmond Ingram decommissioned 24 June 1922 and went into reserve at Philadelphia. Converted to seaplane tender, she recommissioned 22 November 1940 and sailed for San Juan, Puerto Rico, her home port from 15 January 1941. She tended patrol planes through the area bounded by Trinidad, Antigua, and San Juan, then sailed to base in the Panama Canal Zone tending patrol craft at Salinas, Ecuador, and in the Galápagos Islands through June 1942.
Returning to destroyer functions, she completed 1942 on escort duty between Trinidad and
After a convoy to
Now assigned to the Pacific, Osmond Ingram continued her war service with escort duty en route New York via Panama to
until sailing for home.Fate
Osmond Ingram decommissioned at Philadelphia 8 January 1946, was struck from the Navy List 21 January 1946, and was sold for scrapping to Hugo Neu 17 June 1946.
Osmond Ingram received 6
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
