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[2] 59k | Jonas Howard Ingram, born in Jeffersonville, Ind., 15 October 1886, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1907. Before World War I he served in several cruisers, destroyers, and battleships. As turret officer of Arkansas (BB-33), he established a world's record for firing 12-inch guns. On 22 April 1914 he landed at Vera Cruz, Mexico with the Arkansas battalion and was awarded the Medal of Honor for "skillful and efficient handling of the artillery and machine guns and for distinguished conduct in battle. Ingram served at the Naval Academy from 1915 to 1917. During World War I he was on the staff of the Commander, Division 9, Atlantic Fleet, and received the Navy Cross for distinguished service. Between the wars outstanding performance in a variety of important assignments won him promotion to Rear Admiral 10 January 1941. In February 1942 he received a third star upon assuming command of Cruiser Division 2. Seven months later he took command of the 4th Fleet and was responsible for protecting vital Allied shipping in the U-boat infested South Atlantic. He received the Distinguished Service Medal for excellent work in this post and on 15 November 1944 became Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet with the rank of Admiral. This post won him a gold star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal for taking "a major part in the flow of United States troops across the Atlantic... and in the successful combating of the German submarine menace." Retiring from active duty 1 April 1947, Admiral Ingram died 9 September 1952 at San Diego. [1] Photo Caption: President Harry S. Truman (center) and Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (to the right of Truman), talking to New York Governor Thomas Dewey (left) on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri on Navy Day. Photo from the Harry S. Truman Library. [2] Official Navy Photo Portrait of Admiral Jonas Howard Ingram, USN. | [1] Bill Gonyo
[2] Robert M. Cieri |
| 52k | Undated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA. | Mike Smolinski |
| 58k | Undated postcard Copyright © Colourpicture, Boston, MA. | Mike Smolinski |
| 87k | Undated, location unknown. | David Buell |
| 151k | The Ship's Sponsor Mrs. Lawrence C. Hays, Jr., daughter of Admiral Ingram along with her daughter Mary Elizabeth, christen USS Jonas Ingram DD-938 at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts on 8 July 1956. | Robert M. Cieri |
| 105k | Photo taken by by Russ Schultz from the USS Tidewater (AD-31) on the way to the
Mediterranean in 1963. | Robert Hall |
| 120k | USS Jonas Ingram DD-938 in the Atlantic, circa 1969, prior to her ASW conversion. | Robert M. Cieri |
| 106k | USS Jonas Ingram DD-938 was decommissioned on 29 April 1969, at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where she underwent a 15-month major ASW conversion. This was to enhance her anti-submarine capability. This involved the removal of one of her 5" gun mounts, which was replaced by an ASROC launcher. She also received modernization of electronics and communications systems. | Robert M. Cieri |
| 56k | Cover of the Commissioning Ceremony Program for USS Jonas Ingram DD-938, held at Philadelphia Naval Base on 1 August 1970. | Robert M. Cieri |
| 93k | Schedule of events for the Commissioning Ceremony of USS Jonas Ingram DD-938. | Robert M. Cieri |
| 99k | USS Jonas Ingram DD-938, shortly after her conversion and commissioning, off Philadelphia in August 1970. | Robert M. Cieri |
| 68k | Underway in the Mediterranean, sometime in the early 1970s. In the foreground is a Soviet 'Foxtrot' class submarine that the Jonas Ingram is shadowing. | Robert Hurst |
| 78k | North Atlantic, November 1976 | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 88k | Indian Ocean February 1982 coming alongside the USS Independence (CVA-62). | © Rick Marsh |
| 103k | Aalborg, Denmark July 4 1982. | © Rick Marsh |
| 81k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski |
| 47k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |