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USS INGRAHAM (DD-694)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NTEO

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - SKETCH

CLASS - ALLEN M. SUMNER As Built.
Displacement 3218 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 2" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.5 Knots, Range 3300 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ. August 4 1943.
Launched January 16 1944 and commissioned March 10 1944.
Completed FRAM upgrade December 1961.
Decommissioned July 16 1971.
Stricken July 16 1971.
To Greece July 16 1971, renamed Miaoulis.
Stricken in 1992.
Fate Sunk as target on October 9, 2001 during an exercise of the Greek Navy.

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Ingraham 25kCaptain Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham was born in Charleston, S.C., 6 December 1802. He was appointed Midshipman 18 June 1812 at the age of 10 and, after distinguished service, was commissioned Captain 14 September 1855. While in command of the sloop-of-war St. Louis in the Mediterranean, in July 1853, he interfered at Smyrna with the detention by the Austrian consul of Martin Koszta, a Hungarian who had declared in New York his intention of becoming an America citizen, and, who had been seized and confined in the Austrian ship Hussar. For his conduct in this matter he was voted thanks and a medal by Congress. Captain Ingraham served as Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrographer of the Navy from 1856 until 1860. He resigned from the Navy 4 February 1861 to enter the Confederate States Navy with the rank of captain. He was commandant of the Charleston station 1862 to 1865. He died at Charleston 16 October 1891.Bill Gonyo
Ingraham 154kArtist's conception of the Ingraham as built in a cutaway view by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.Navy Yard Associates
Ingraham 95kArtist's conception of the Ingraham as she appeared after the early 1950's conversion by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.Navy Yard Associates
Ingraham 95kArtist's conception of the Ingraham as she appeared after FRAM II overhaul by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.Navy Yard Associates
Ingraham 91kUndated, location unknown.-
Ingraham 93kUndated, location unknown.Bob Schmidt STGC/USN Ret.
Ingraham 178kUndated, location unknown.Bill Gonyo
Ingraham 158kUndated, location unknown.Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
Ingraham 226kMarch 6 1944 at Federal Shipbuilding.Ed Zajkowski
Ingraham 256kAs above.Ed Zajkowski
Ingraham 190kMarch 9 1944 at Federal Shipbuilding.Ed Zajkowski
Ingraham 65kUSS Ingraham (DD-694) underway in New York Harbour with Statue of Liberty, during her delivery to the U.S. Navy, from Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey, on 9 March 1944. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Photo # 19-N-62588.Robert Hurst
Ingraham 165kMay 1944, location unknown.Ed Zajkowski
Ingraham 114kUSS Ingraham (DD 694) in San Francisco Bay in July 1945 after repairs at Hunters Point Navy Yard. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.Darryl Baker
Ingraham 172kOctober 10 1945 at San Francisco.Ed Zajkowski
Ingraham 64kUSS Ingraham (DD-694) moored outside of an unidentified sister ship at South Melbourne, VIC, Australia on May 20, 1947. Source: Australian War Memorial, Photo No. 302637.Mike Green
Ingraham 117kUSS Ingraham (DD-694) moored outboard of the USS Atlanta (CL-104) at Melbourne, Australia, 22 May 1947.
State Library Victoria, Photo No. H91.108/2418
Mike Green
Ingraham 49k1950's hilining.Don Blesse
Ingraham 56k1950's underway refueling.Don Blesse
Ingraham 63kMoving through a canal to the harbor in Amsterdam, 1957.Robert Redmond
Ingraham 158kGenoa, Italy, April 26 1958.Carlo Martinelli
Ingraham 110kIn Souda Bay, Crete summer 1995. From L to R : USS Corry (DD-817), USS Aulick (DD-569), USS Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869) and USS Ingraham (DD-694) waiting to be scrapped.Anthony J. Vrailas
Ingraham 176kShips shoulder patchRobert Redmond
Ingraham 57kShip's patchMike Smolinski
Ingraham 80kCustom belt buckle that belonged to CDR John Michael Ferrante who was in command 1962-1964.Robert M. Cieri
On Greek Service
Ingraham 127kOn Greek service, the HNS MIAOULIS, D 211, ex-USS Ingraham, DD 694. Place and date unknown. MIAOULIS honors an Admiral in charge of the Greek fleet during the war of independence (1821).Anthony J. Vrailas
Ingraham 86kAs above.Anthony J. Vrailas
Ingraham 148kAs above.Anthony J. Vrailas
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Commanding Officers
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CDR Howard Wright Gordon Jr.    Mar 10 1944 - Nov 23 1944

CDR John Frank Harper Jr.    Nov 23 1944 - Nov 1945 (Later RADM)

CDR Fenelon Aveilhe Brock    Nov 1945 - Aug 1947

CDR Anthony Telerico    Aug 1947 - Jan 1948

CDR Herman Hart Kait    Jan 1948 - Jul 31 1950

CDR Herbert Arthur Cassidy Jr.    Jul 31 1950 - Jul 1952

CDR Ovid McMaster Butler    Jul 1952 - 1953

CDR Otis Clarence Ferrell Jr.    1953 - 1954

CDR James Herbert Spalding Jr.    1954 - 1956

CDR John London Holmes Jr.    1956 - 1957

CDR Charles Clay Roberts Jr.    1957 - 1959

CDR John Sampson Donaldson    1960 - May 1962

CDR John Michael Ferrante    May 1962 - 1964

CDR Charles Edmund (Ted) Faas    1964 - 1965

CDR Stanley Sidney Fine    1965 - Oct 1967 (Later RADM)

CDR Richard Maxwell Gowing    Oct 1967 - Oct 1969

CDR James Thomas Simms    Oct 1969 - Jun 15 1971


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