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DD-255 / AVD-9 / APD-35 USS OSMOND INGRAM

CLASS - CLEMSON As Built.
Displacement 1,215 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 26,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 114
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Quincy on October 15 1918.
Launched February 23 or 28 1919 and commissioned June 28 1919.
Originally named INGRAM changed to OSMOND INGRAM November 11 1919.
Decommissioned June 24 1922, Recommissioned November 22 1940.
Converted to Sea Plane Tender AVD-9 August 2 1940.
Reclassified DD-255 December 1 1943.
Converted to High Speed Transport APD-35 June 22 1944.
Decommissioned January 8 1946.
Stricken January 21 1946.
Fate Sold June 17 1946 and broken up for scrap.
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Ingram 83kOsmond K. Ingram, GM1c, USN. Awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the torpedoing of the USS Cassin (DD-43) October 15 1917. He lost his life during this action and was the first enlisted man to have a Destroyer named in his honor. Naval Historical Center photo NH91637.Daniel Dunham
Ingram 49kUndated, location unknown.Jerry D. Church
Ingram 92kUndated, location unknown. Naval Historical Center photo NH78138.Daniel Dunham
Ingram 91kAs APD-35 undated, location unknown. Naval Historical Center photo NH81395.Daniel Dunham
Ingram 67kAs AVD-9 off Norfolk Navy Yard July 10 1943. Naval Historical Center photo NH81395.Daniel Dunham
Ingram 78kAs APD-35 Charleston, SC July 14 1944. Naval Historical Center photo NH91797.Daniel Dunham
USS OSMOND INGRAM DD-255 / AVD-9 / APD-35 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Curt Clark, Secretary Four Stack APD Veterans
Address: 3384 Grim Ave., San Diego, CA 92104
Phone: 619-282-0971
E-mail: apdsec@cox.net
Next reunion: Myrtle Beach, SC 7-10 October 2001

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource APD High-speed Transport Index
NavSource AVD Seaplane Tender (Destroyer) Index
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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