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USS Ingraham (FFG 61)


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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Unit Commendation w/ 1 star - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row: Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4) - Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 3 stars - National Defense Service Ribbon w/ 1 star
Third Row: - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 1 star - Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 star - GWOT Expeditionary Service Medal w/ 4 stars
Fourth Row: GWOT Service Medal - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 12 stars - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)


"A Heritage of Gallantry"
Specifications:
Class: Oliver Hazard Perry, Flight V (Long Hull, LAMPS III modified, As Built)
Type: SCB No. 261 / 1979 - 1984
Number in Class: 26 (8, 36-61)
Displacement: 3174 tons (std), 4082 tons (full)
Length: 408' (wl), 453' (oa)
Beam: 45.4' (extreme)
Draft: 24' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 GE LM 2500 gas turbine engines; 41,000 shp; 1 shaft, cp propeller, 325 hp retractable propeller pods
Speed: 29 kts
Range: 4,500 nm @ 20 knots, 5400 nm @ 16 knots
Complement: 13 / 206 (includes 19 man air detachment)
Missiles: 1-Mk 13 Mod 4 launcher, 4 SSM McDonnell-Douglas Harpoon missiles, 36 GDC-Pomona Standard SM-1MR Block VI-B missiles
Guns: 1-Mk 75 3"/62 cal. OTO Melara gun, 1-Vulcan Phalanx CIS, 4-.50 cal. MG's
ASW Weapons: 6-324mm Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes / Mk 46 torpedoes
Radars: AN/SPS-55 (surface), AN/SPS-49(V)214 (air), SYS-2 V(2) Auto. Detect & Track System
Sonars: AN/SQS-56 (hull), AN/SQR-19 TACTAS (Towed Array), SQQ-89 UFCS
Elec. Warfare: SLQ-25 Nixie System, SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Countermeasures System
Fire Control Systems: 1 Mk13 Weapon-Direction System, 1 Mk92 Mod. 6 weapons FCS, 1 modified SPG-60 STIR radar (Separate Target Illumination Radar)
Helicopter: 2-SH-60 LAMPS III Helicopters, RAST (Recovery, Assistance, Securing and Traversing System) helicopter hauldown system
Ingraham (FFG 61) Building and Operational Data:
  • 28 November 1984: Building contract awarded to the Todd Shipyard Corp.
  • 30 March 1987: Keel laid by the Todd Shipyard Corp., Los Angeles Div., San Pedro, Cal.
  • 25 June 1988: Launched and christened by sponsor Mrs. Linda E. Carlson, wife of Vadm. Dudley L. Carlson, Chief of Naval Personnel
  • 05 August 1989: Commissioned at Long Beach, Cal., Cmdr. Charles C. Vogan in command, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 9 at Long Beach
  • .. September 1994: Homeport changed to Everett, Wash.
  • 12 November 2014: Ceremonial decommissioning ceremony held at Naval Station, Everett, Wash. after 25 years and 3¼ months of service
  • 30 January 2015: Formally decommisioned, struck from the NVR
  • 29 April 2015: Towed by YTB-779 from Everett Naval Station to ISMF Naval Shipyard Bremerton
  • 15 August 2021: Sunk as a target in the Hawaiian Operating Area during Operation Large Scale 2021, by combined U.S. Naval and U.S. Marine Corps forces

    "Ingraham, The Ship"    -    "Ingraham, The People"

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    Ingraham
    076101
    18k Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham was born in Charleston, S.C. on 06 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 on 04 February 1861 to enter the Confederate States Navy with the rank of captain. He was commandant of the Charleston station from 1862 to 1865. He died at Charleston on 16 October 1891.

    USS Ingraham (FFG 61) (1989-2014) was the fourth ship named in his honor, she was preceded by DD 111 (1919-1922), DD 444 (1941-1942), and DD 694 (1944-1971).
    Bill Gonyo
    Downey, Cal.

    Assoc. Researcher
    Navsource
    Ingraham
    076161
    187k 25 June 1988: San Pedro, Cal. - Two views of the future USS Ingraham (FFG 61). The top view shows her on the building way, all prepared for her christening and launch. In the bottom view she's sliding into the water for the first time after being christened. S. Dale Hargrave
    Newport News, Va.
    Ingraham
    076160
    443k
    Ingraham
    076102
    46k Undated - Taken at Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona Memorial can be seen in the background. -
    Ingraham
    076124
    50k undated: moored pierside at her home port of Everett, Wa. Bob Hurst
    Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
    England, United Kingdom
    Ingraham
    076125
    66k undated: moored pierside at her home port of Everett, Wa.
    Ingraham
    076126
    121k date / location unknown: underway alongside the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) with the guided missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG65) opposite.
    Ingraham
    076127
    98k date / location unknown
    Ingraham
    076103
    248k 01 June 1991: At sea - A port beam view of the guided missile frigate USS Ingraham underway.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-03365 by Welch from the Defense Visual Information Center)
    Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
    Archive Manager
    Ingraham
    076104
    168k 01 June 1991: At sea - A port bow view of Ingraham underway.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-03367 by Welch from the DVIC)
    Ingraham
    076105
    180k 01 June 1991: At sea - A stern view of Ingraham underway.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-03368 by Welch from the DVIC)
    Ingraham
    076106
    104k October 1991: at Subic Bay, P.I. Rick Rowan
    Ingraham
    076107
    157k 01 June 1992: At sea - Crewmen on Ingraham secure a fuel line from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a replenishment at sea.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-92-09456 by John R. Gaffney from the DVIC)
    Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
    Archive Manager
    Ingraham
    076108
    152k 01 June 1993: At sea - A port side view of Ingraham underway.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-95-01185 by PH2 Dale W. Novotasky from the DVIC)
    Ingraham
    076109
    49k 1997: taken by Glenn at Hobart, Australia Glenn Towler
    Ingraham
    076110
    83k 08 May 1997: at sea - An anti-submarine "Seahawk" (SH-60B) helicopter attached to Light Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 45 (HSL-45) Detachment Five rests on the fan tail of the guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) which is deployed to the Arabian Gulf. Ingraham is deployed to the Arabian Gulf to monitor commercial shipping in the region.

    (U.S. Navy photo #970508-N-8202E-013 by PH2 Thomas Lorentzson from the Navy Newstand)
    Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
    Archive Manager
    Ingraham
    076167
    331k 30 November 1999: Everett, Wash, - Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Randal Walters, assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86), dips the eye while securing forward mooring lines to a bollard as guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) prepares to moor pierside. Ingraham is returning home from a two week Trident Fury exercise in the waters west of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Trident Fury is a joint training exercise developed by Canada's Pacific Joint Task Force Headquarters for the purpose of building a strong working relationship between the maritime and aviation forces of the United States and Canada.

    (U.S. Navy photo VIRIN #070518-N-3390M-005 by MC2 Douglas G. Morrison from the Defense Visual Info. Distribution Service)
    Ingraham
    076111
    95k 06 October 2001: At sea - Port side view of Ingraham, underway on routine patrol in the Arabian Sea, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SD-03-17000 by PH1 Ted Banks from the DVIC)
    Fred Weiss
    Ingraham
    076112
    200k 20 November 2002: At sea with the USS Carl Vinson - The elevator opening in the hangar bay frames the Ingraham on the starboard side of the Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during an early morning replenishment at sea (RAS). Both ships are currently underway off the south western coast of California conducting training in preparation for their next regular scheduled deployment.

    (U.S. Navy photo #021120-N-7267C-002 by PHAN Jonathan M. Cirino from the Navy Newstand)
    Bill Gonyo
    Downey, Cal.
    Ingraham
    076113
    109k 20 November 2002: At sea with USS Carl Vinson - The guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) sails away after completing a replenishment at sea evolution with the nuclear aircraft carrier Carl Vinson. Both ships are currently underway off the south western coast of California conducting training in preparation for their next regular scheduled deployment.

    (U.S. Navy photo #021120-N-7267C-009 by PHAN Jonathan M. Cirino from the Navy Newstand)
    Fred Weiss
    Ingraham
    076131
    141k 26 November 2002: at sea - This is a picture taken by Cpl Brian Walsh on Arabian Sea Show. USS Ingraham (FFG 61) refueling at sea with Canadian ship NCSM Preserver (AOR-509) Marc-André Nadeau
    **Sacramento / Ingraham**
    027016
    115k 10 February 2003: The Western Pacific Ocean - The Ingraham takes on fuel from the starboard side of the fast combat support ship USS Sacramento (AOE 1) while the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson receives cargo via Vertical Replenishment during a replenishment at sea.

    (U.S. Navy photo #030210-N-3241H-122 by PHAN Dustin Howell from the Navy News Stand)
    Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
    Archive Manager
    Ingraham
    076114
    178k 10 February 2003: The Western Pacific Ocean - The USS Sacramento (AOE 1) conducts an underway replenishment (UNREP) with the Ingraham. The ships are part of the Carl Vinson Battle Group conducting training in the Pacific Ocean in preparation for their next scheduled deployment.

    (U.S. Navy photo #030210-N-0233J-161 by PH3 Ryan Jackson from the Navy News Stand)
    Bill Gonyo
    Downey, Cal.
    Ingraham
    076115
    69k 01 June 2003: Apra Harbor, Guam - The guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) steams away from Apra Harbor, Guam, after completing a three-day port visit. The Ingraham is homeported in Everett, Wa., and is part of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN70) Carrier Strike Group.

    (U.S. Navy photo #030601-N-7902K-101 by PH2 Jeremie Kerns from the Navy Newstand)
    Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
    Archive Manager
    Ingraham
    076117
    151k 20 June 2003: Philippine Sea - The guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) sails alongside the fast combat support ship USS Sacramento (AOE 1) during an underway replenishment. The ships are part of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Strike Group currently on an extended deployment in the Western Pacific Ocean.

    (U.S. Navy photo #030620-N-5555F-011 by PH3 Martin Fuentes from the Navy Newstand)
    Fred Weiss
    Ingraham
    076118
    117k 16 August 2003: South China Sea - The guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) sails alongside the fast combat support ship USS Sacramento (AOE 1) during an under way replenishment that includes the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on an extended deployment in the Western Pacific.

    (U.S. Navy photo #030816-N-0905V-002 by PHAN Chris Valdez from the Navy Newstand)
    Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
    Archive Manager
    Ingraham
    076122
    219k 23 September 2005: Mediterranean Sea - A SH-60 Seahawk helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of the Ingraham as Coalition naval vessels move into formation in the Mediterranean Sea. The Ingraham leads the way as it prepares for an aerial photo exercise in the Mediterranean Sea. The following vessels are in formation, Egyptian frigates ENS Sharmal Seikh and ENS Mubarak, the Pakistan ship PNS Tariq, the Italian ship IT Commondante Bettica and the dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52). All ships are participating in Bright Star 2005, a multinational exercise held every two years in Egypt. Bright Star is the largest and most significant coalition military exercise conducted by U.S. Central Command.

    (U.S. Navy photo #050923-N-7217H-007 by PH1 Marvin Harris from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076123
    135k 8 June 2006: Portland, Ore. - A Portland fire boat greets the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) with red, white and blue water streams as she passes under the Willamette river’s Steel Bridge. Ingraham is one of four U.S. Navy ships pulling into Portland for the 99th annual Rose Festival celebration.

    (U.S. Navy photo #060608-N-7783B-003 by MC1 Thomas Brennan from the Navy Newstand)
    Ingraham
    076128
    157k 18 May 2007: Everett, Wa. - The guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) makes stern way while maneuvering to moor pier side at its homeport of Naval Station Everett, Wash. The ship is returning from a two-week exercise on the waters west of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #070518-N-3390M-002 by MC2 Douglas G. Morrison from the DVIC)
    Bill Gonyo
    Downey, Cal.
    Ingraham
    076129
    208k 04 July 2007: Homer, Alaska - Ingraham holds "Open House" while on a port visit to Homer. Robert G. Allen
    Ingraham
    076130
    180k
    Ingraham
    076136
    428k 07 February 2008: The Persian Gulf - The guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) patrols the Persian Gulf, on 7 February 2008. Ingraham is part of the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group which is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility for a scheduled deployment.

    (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Richard Doolin, from the Navy News Stand)
    Bob Hurst
    Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
    England, United Kingdom
    Ingraham
    076159
    539k 07 February 2008: the Persian Gulf - An EH-96 Puma from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Sacajawea (T-AKE 2) lands on the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) during a vertical replenishment. Ingraham is part of the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group which is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

    (U.S. Navy photo #080207-N-8335D-071 by MC1 Richard Doolin from the Navy Newstand)
    Armin Maywald
    Hamburg, Germany
    Ingraham
    076133
    137k 09 May 2008: Everett, Wa. - The guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) returns home to Naval Station Everett after a scheduled 6-month deployment. She is assisted to her berth by Wenatchee (YTB-808). Ingraham operated in the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility.

    (U.S. Navy photo #080509-N-8029B-001 by MC2 Jason Beckjord from the Navy Newstand)
    Robert M. Cieri
    Ingraham
    076135
    255k 07 September 2009: Everett, Wash. - Sailors man the rails as the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) departs Naval Station Everett for a scheduled deployment. Ingraham will directly support the U.S. maritime strategy by focusing on joint and international partnerships across a range of operations through forward presence, deterrence, freedom of the world's sea lanes, maritime security and humanitarian assistance and disaster response.

    (U.S. Navy photo #090907-N-2617T-015 by MC2 Benjamin N. Taylor, from the Navy News Stand)
    Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
    Archive Manager
    Ingraham
    076138
    369k 10 April 2010: Everett, Wash. - Ingraham returns to Everett, Wash. after an independent seven-month deployment in the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. While deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Ingraham deterred smuggling and piracy as well as provided aid to local fisherman in the Red Sea by conducting approach and assist visits.

    (U.S. Navy photo #100410-N-3242C-026 by MC1 Sonja M. Chambers from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076139
    348k 19 May 2011: the Pacific Ocean - The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) transits the Pacific Ocean alongside the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) and the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham during a vertical replenishment. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is participating in a composite training unit exercise off the coast of Southern California.

    (U.S. Navy photo #110519-N-OY799-500 by MC3 Kenneth Abbate from the Navy News Stand)
    ***McClusky/Ingraham***
    074142
    422k 09 June 2011: Portland, Ore. - McClusky sits pierside as USS Ingraham arrives to participate in Portland Fleet Week festivities during the city's 104th annual Rose Festival. Navy ships have been coming to the City of Roses since USS Charleston visited in 1907, and are considered a highlight of the festival.

    (U.S. Navy photo #110609-N-AE328-076 by MC2 Nathan Lockwood from the Navy News Stand)
    Bob Hurst
    Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
    England, United Kingdom
    ***McClusky/Ingraham***
    074143
    479k 11 June 2011: Portland, Ore. - Visitors tour the guided-missile frigates USS McClusky, USS Ingraham (FFG 61), and the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) during Portland Fleet Week and the city's 104th annual Rose Festival. About 4,900 people toured the ships.

    (U.S. Navy photo #110611-N-NS216-346 by MC2 Jennifer Gold from the Navy News Stand)
    Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
    Archive Manager
    Ingraham
    076140
    174k 26 September 2011: Everett, Wash. - A family waves goodbye to sailors as Ingraham departs Naval Station Everett for a scheduled deployment. Ingraham is the last American Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate to be built, and is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain Duncan Ingraham.

    (U.S. Navy photo #110926-N-MZ309-018 by MCSN Ryan Riley from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076116
    434k 07 June 2012: Portland, Ore. - The guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) arrives at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Ore., to kick off Portland Rose Festival Fleet Week 2012. Navy warships have been coming to the City of Roses since USS Charleston's visit in 1907. Portland's Rose Festival is an opportunity for the Navy to raise awareness about the purpose of naval forces and sustain the strong relationship with the community. U.S. Third Fleet leads naval forces in the Eastern Pacific from the West Coast of North America to the international date line and provides realistic, relevant training necessary for an effective global Navy.

    (U.S. Navy photo #120607-N-QL961-005 by MC2 Phillip Pavlovich from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076119
    523k 10 June 2012: Portland, Ore. - The guided-missile destroyers USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) and USS Dewey (DDG 105), and the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) are moored pierside at Tom McCall Waterfront Park during Fleet Week in Portland, Ore., to celebrate the 105th annual Portland Rose Festival. Navy warships have been coming to the City of Roses since USS Charleston's visit in 1907. Portland's Rose Festival is an opportunity for the Navy to raise awareness about the purpose of naval forces and sustain the strong relationship with the community.

    (U.S. Navy photo #120610-N-CL698-217 by MC2 Scott A. McCall from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076120
    587k 11 June 2012: Portland, Ore. - The guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) departs after celebrating Fleet Week in Portland, Ore. during the 105th Annual Rose Festival. Navy warships have been coming to the City of Roses since USS Charleston's visit in 1907. Portland's Rose Festival is an opportunity for the Navy to raise awareness about the purpose of naval forces and sustain the strong relationship with the community.

    (U.S. Navy photo #120611-N-CL698-122 by MC2 Scott A. McCall from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076121
    425k 31 January 2013: Everett, Wash. - The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham returns to homeport at Naval Station Everett from a temporary underway.

    (U.S. Navy photo #130131-N-FX989-010 by MC2 Nathan Gomez from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076132
    582k 29 January 2014: The Pacific Ocean -The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200), and the frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) conduct a replenishment at sea alongside the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is currently underway conducting training.

    (U.S. Navy photo #140129-N-EC099-109 by MC3 Charles D. Gaddis IV from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076134
    248k 18 May 2014: The Pacific Ocean - U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) and the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) intercept 2,381 kilograms of cocaine worth more than $107 million aboard a self-propelled semi-submersible.

    (U.S. Navy photo #140518-N-ZZ999-443 from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076137
    546k 04 June 2014: The Pacific Ocean - Personnel aboard a rigid-hull inflatable boat assigned to the guided-missile frigate Ingraham come alongside the Maria Bonita after seizing 793 Kilograms of cocaine. The vessel was towed for turnover to Costa Rican officials.

    (U.S. Navy photo #140604-N-ZZ999-078 by STG3 Jeremy P. West from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076141
    159k 21 August 2014: The Pacific Ocean - Sailors aboard a rigid-hull inflatable boat from the guided-missile frigate Ingraham recover 680 kilograms of cocaine jettisoned by drug traffickers aboard a go-fast vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

    (U.S. Navy photo #140821-N-ZZ999-018 by CTT3 Alexander S. Zdun from the a href="http://www.navy.mil/">Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076142
    358k 16 September 2014: The Pacific Ocean - Sailors from the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham handle a phone and distance line during an exercise wh U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Sherman (WHEC 720) during UNITAS 2014. UNITAS is the U.S. Navy's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise, held 12-26 September.

    (U.S. Navy photo #140917-N-WA189-144 by MC2 Adam Henderson from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076143
    525k 16 September 2014: The Pacific Ocean - Sailors from Ingraham stand at parade rest after completing a phone and distance line during an exercise with the U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Sherman (WHEC 720) during UNITAS 2014.

    (U.S. Navy photo #140917-N-WA189-177 by MC2 Adam Henderson from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076144
    525k 16 September 2014: The Pacific Ocean - USS Ingraham conducts a phone and distance line exercise with the Peruvian navy frigate BAP Montero (FM-53) during UNITAS 2014.

    (U.S. Navy photo #140917-N-WA189-225 by MC2 Adam Henderson from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076145
    292k 16 September 2014: The Pacific Ocean - A Sailor assigned to the Scorpions of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 49 (Light) (HSL) Det 2., works on an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the guided-missile frigate Ingraham during UNITAS 2014.

    (U.S. Navy photo #140918-N-WA189-003 by MC2 Adam Henderson from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076146
    117k 16 September 2014: The Pacific Ocean - The Ingraham fires its MK 75-76 mm/62 caliber gun during a UNITAS 2014 live-fire exercise.

    (U.S. Navy photo #140918-N-WA189-235 by MC2 Adam Henderson from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076147
    662k 16 September 2014: The Pacific Ocean - The guided-missile frigate Ingraham, homeported in Naval Station Everett, transits in formation with Peruvian Naval vessels during UNITAS 2014. UNITAS is the U.S. Navy's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise, held 12 to 26 September.

    (U.S. Navy photo #140916-N-WA189-385 by MC2 Adam Henderson from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076148
    448k 30 October 2014: , Wash. - The guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham prepares to moor at Naval Station Everett following a deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. Ingraham is scheduled to be decommissioned 12 November.

    (U.S. Navy photo #141030-N-AI901-002 by MCCS Eric J. Harrison from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076149
    390k 10 November 2014: Elliott Bay, Wash. - The guided-missile frigate Ingraham transits toward Seattle during a short Friends and Family Day Cruise in the Puget Sound and Elliott Bay. The cruise will be the ship's last underway, as Ingraham is scheduled to be decommissioned 12 November.

    (U.S. Navy photo #141110-N-MM360-311 by MC2 Jeffry A. Willadsen from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076158
    301k 12 November 2014: Everett, Wash. - Sailors assigned to USS Ingraham (FFG 61) and their friends and family members gather on the ship's flight deck during a short Friends and Family Day Cruise in the Puget Sound and Elliott Bay. The cruise will be the ship's last underway, as Ingraham is scheduled to be decommissioned Nov. 12.

    (U.S. Navy photo #141110-N-MM360-157 by MC2 Jeffry A. Willadsen from the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System)
    Ingraham
    076150
    294k 12 November 2014: Everett, Wash. - Former Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert M. Gates speaks to the crew of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate Ingraham during the ship's decommissioning ceremony. Ingraham was decommissioned after 25 years of Naval service.

    (U.S. Navy photo #141112-N-MN975-017 by MC2 Justin A. Johndro from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076151
    185k 12 November 2014: Everett, Wash. - Department heads give final reports to the executive officer during the decommissioning ceremony for the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham.

    (U.S. Navy photo #141112-N-MN975-029 by MC2 Justin A. Johndro from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076152
    489k 12 November 2014: Everett, Wash. - Sailors assigned to the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) prepare to haul down ship's colors during a decommissioning ceremony. Ingraham was decommissioned after 25 years of Naval service.

    (U.S. Navy photo #141112-N-MN975-039 by MC2 Justin A. Johndro from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076153
    58k 12 November 2014: Everett, Wash. - A sailor assigned to the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) lowers the Navy Jack for the last time during the ship's decommissioning ceremony. Ingraham was decommissioned after 25 years of service.

    (U.S. Navy photo #141112-N-MM360-279 by MC2 Jeffry A. Willadsen from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
    076154
    126k 12 November 2014: Everett, Wash. - Sailors depart the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) for the last time during the ship's decommissioning ceremony. Ingraham was decommissioned after 25 years of service.

    (U.S. Navy photo #141112-N-MM360-240 by MC2 Jeffry A. Willadsen from the Navy News Stand)
    Ingraham
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    154k 12 November 2014: Everett, Wash. - Sailors depart the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) for the last time during the ship's decommissioning ceremony. Ingraham was decommissioned after 25 years of service.

    (U.S. Navy photo #141112-N-MN975-033 by MC2 Justin A. Johndro from the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System)
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    142k 26 November 2014: Everett, Wash. - World War II veteran Sebastian Amato renders a hand salute as he passes through sideboys after a tour of the guided-missile frigate Ingraham. Amato served in the Pacific and participated in the Battles of Iwo Jima and Leyte Gulf.

    (U.S. Navy photo #141126-N-AI901-129 by MCCS Eric J. Harrison from the Navy News Stand)
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    131k 10 December 2014: Everett, Wash. - Cmdr. Daniel Straub, commanding officer of the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61), left, and Capt. Michael Coury, commanding officer of Naval Station Everett, unveil a Bernie Webber water color painting donated by the Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County. The painting depicts the first two Naval ships assigned to Naval Station Everett, the guided-missile frigates USS Ingraham (FFG 61) and USS Ford (FFG 54), at the pier. Today, every ship homeported in Everett has a Webber painting on board.

    (U.S. Navy photo #141210-N-QY316-008 by MC3 William Blees from the Navy News Stand)
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    199k 15 August 2021: the Pacific Ocean - Sailors prepare to load ordnance on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as part of a sinking exercise that includes the former USS Ingraham (FFG 61).

    (U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Jeffrey Kempton from the Navy Times)
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    142k 15 August 2021: Kauai, Hi. - A Naval Strike Missile is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands before striking a naval target ship, the decommissioned guided missile frigate ex-USS Ingraham. The missile flew more than 100 nautical miles before finding its mark. The live-fire sinking exercise demonstrated a Marine expeditionary advanced base’s ability to sense, target and strike a target at sea, providing sea control or contributing to sea denial in fleet operations. The Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030 centers on Marines providing long-range precision strike capabilities as a stand-in force during littoral operations in a contested environment.

    (U.S. Marine Corps photo #210815-M-VM027-1001 by Lance Cpl. Dillon Buck from the U.S. Pacific Fleet - Flickr)
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    274k 15 August 2021: the Pacific Ocean - U.S. joint forces conducted coordinated multi-domain, multi-axis, long-range maritime strikes in the Hawaiian Islands Operating Area during a sinking exercise on the decommissioned guided missile frigate ex-USS Ingraham. The exercise synchronized joint, multi-domain, multi-axis fires with near simultaneous times on target to sink the hulk.

    (U.S. Navy photos #210815-N-PP996-1021 and 210815-N-UV609-1138 by MC1 Danny Kelley and MC1 Class David Mora Jr. from the U.S. Pacific Fleet - Flickr)
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    225k 15 August 2021: the Pacific Ocean - U.S. joint forces conducted coordinated multi-domain, long-range maritime strikes on the decommissioned guided-missile frigate Ingraham in the Hawaiian Islands Operating Area during a sinking exercise. The former Ingraham is shown burning just prior to her sinking.

    (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 David Mora Jr. from the Navy Times)

    "Ingraham, The Ship"    -    "Ingraham, The People"


    Ingraham Memorabilia
    Ship's
    Lighter
    Ingraham

    Courtesy of
    Navsource
    Belt
    Buckle
    Ingraham

    Courtesy of
    Navsource
    Welcome Aboard
    Pamphlet
    Ingraham
    Courtesy of
    Ens. Kristen
    Kreyenhagen
    Decommissioning
    Invitation
    Ingraham
    Courtesy of
    Michael Rogers
    YN2(SW), USN

    Ingraham History
    View the USS Ingraham (FFG 61) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

    Ingraham's Commanding Officers
    Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves
    Dates of Command Commanding Officers
    1.)  05 Aug. 1989 - 10 Aug. 1991Cmdr. Charles Scott Vogan Jr. (USNA '72) (Berwyn, Pa.)
    2.)  10 Aug. 1991 - 09 Apr. 1993Cmdr. Dana Lyle Vugteveen (USNA '73) (Oceanside, Cal.)
    3.)  09 Apr. 1993 - 03 Feb. 1995Cmdr. Bradley J. Kaplan
    4.)  03 Feb. 1995 - 09 Aug. 1996Cmdr. Peter Randall Daspit
    5.)  09 Aug. 1996 - 12 Dec. 1997Cmdr. George Jeffrey Fullerton (NROTC '78)
    6.)  12 Dec. 1997 - 24 Jul. 1999Cmdr. George Parker Croy III
    7.)  24 Jul. 1999 - 01 Jul. 2000Cmdr. Richard Douglas Fitzpatrick
    8.)  01 Jul. 2000 - 23 Nov. 2001Cmdr. Steven Joseph DiNobile
    9.)  23 Nov. 2001 - 23 Aug. 2003Cmdr. John McKay Kersh Jr.
    10.) 23 Aug. 2003 - 14 Dec. 2004Cmdr. Mark Duane Colby (USNA '85)
    11.) 14 Dec. 2004 - 15 Sep. 2006Cmdr. Ricks William Polk (Enl '77 / LDO '86) (Indianapolis, Ind.)
    12.) 15 Sep. 2006 - 20 Mar. 2008Cmdr. Richard McCauley (Rick) Odom II
    13.) 20 Mar. 2008 - 13 Dec. 2009Cmdr. Matthew David Ovios (OCS '90) (Martha's Vineyard, Mass.)
    14.) 13 Dec. 2009 - 10 Jun. 2011Cmdr. Adam Jackson Welter (Albany, N.Y.)
    15.) 10 Jun. 2011 - 21 Nov. 2012Cmdr. Kristin Lindley Stengel (Redding, Cal.)
    16.) 21 Nov. 2012 - 09 Jun. 2014Cmdr. Joey Lynn Frantzen (Saint Donatus, Ia.)
    17.) 09 Jun. 2014 - 30 Jan. 2015Cmdr. Daniel Glenn Straub (Womelsdorf, Pa.)

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