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USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35)
ex
 USCGC Ingham (WPG-35) (1946 - 1965)
 USCGC Ingham (WAGC-35) (1944 - 1946)
 USCGC Ingham (WPG-35) (1941 - 1944)
 USCGC Samual D. Ingham (1935 - 1937)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Romeo - Delta - Lima
 NRDL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons






Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Presidential Unit Citation (2) - Coast Guard Unit Citation - Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Citation
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Defense Service Medal (with fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Third Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Fourth Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)- National Defense Service Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (2)
Fifth Row - Coast Guard Special Operations Ribbon - Humanitarian Service Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation
Sixth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Service Medal
  • Laid down, 1 May 1935, as the Treasury Class Coast Guard Cutter Samuel D. Ingham at Philadelphia Navy Yard
  • Launched, 3 June 1936, christened by Ms. Katherine Ingham Brush
  • Commissioned, 12 September 1936, assigned to Bering Sea Patrol
  • Name shortened in May of 1937 Ingham
  • Assigned to Neutrality Patrols on the Grand Banks in September 1939
  • Reassigned to Weather Patrols in January 1940
  • 16 November through 31 December 1940, Ingham was rearmed at the Bethlehem Co. Plant in South Boston, receiving anti-submarine and increased anti-aircraft weaponry
  • Transferred for duty with the Navy, 1 July 1941
  • Ordered to Lisbon Portugal to protect U.S. nationals and maintain a U.S. presence in European waters
  • Reassigned to Convoy Escort duty in the North Atlantic in September 1941
  • Converted the an AGC (combined operations and communications headquarters Ship) in 1944 at Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., re-designated as WAGC-35
  • Conversion work completed 21 October 1944, Ingham sailed for Norfolk for shakedown, departing Norfolk, 24 November for duty in the Pacific
  • Ingham participated in operations in the Philippines at Leyte, Mariveles-Corregidor, Lingayen Gulf, Panay, Zamboanga
  • Following the war Ingham underwent re-conversion for peacetime service at Charleston Navy Yard for duty on ocean-weather stations, April to July 1946
  • Following re-conversion to peace time service Ingham was assigned to ocean-weather station duty in the Atlantic
  • On 1 May 1965 Ingham was re-designated as High Endurance Cutters or WHEC
  • Assigned Coast Guard Squadron Three off Vietnam in 1968-1969, participating in Operation Market Time interdiction and coastal surveillance effort in Vietnam
  • Ingham returned to Norfolk, arriving there on 2 May 1969.
  • Ingham was homeported at Portsmouth, VA. were she served out the remainder of her Coast Guard career
  • Decommissioned, 27 May 1988
  • Current Disposition, turned over to the Patriots' Point Maritime Museum, Charleston, South Carolina as a museum ship. Currently located in Key West, FL, and maintained by USCGC Ingham Maritime Museum.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,350 t. (lt)
    Length 327' 0"
    Beam 41' 0"
    Draft 12' 6" (max.)
    Speed 20.5 kts (max)
    Complement
    1937
     12 officers
     4 warrant officers
     107 enlisted
     1941
     16 officers
     5 warrant officers
     202 enlisted
     1966
     10 officers
     3 warrant officers
     134 enlisted
    Armament
    1936
     two single 5"/51 cal gun mounts
     two 6-pdrs
     one 1-pdr
     1941
     three single 5"/51 cal gun mounts
     three single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
     four .50 caliber Browning Machine Guns
     two depth charge racks
     one"Y" gun depth charge projector
     1943
     two single 5"/51 cal gun mounts
     four single 3"/50 cal dual gun mounts
     two single 20mm/80 AA gun mounts
     one Hedgehog
     six "K" gun depth charge projectors
     two depth charge racks
     1945
     two single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts
     three twin 40mm/60 AA gun mounts
     four single 20mm/80 AA gun mounts
     1946
     one single 5"/38 cal dual gun mount
     one twin 40mm;/60 AA gun mount
     eight single 20mm/80 AA gun mounts
     one Hedgehog
     1966
    one single 5"/38 MK30 Mod75 cal dual purpose gun mount w/ MK 52 MOD 3 director
     one MK 10-1 Hedgehog
     two (P&S) x Mk 32 MOD 5 TT
     four MK 44 MOD 1 torpedoes
     two .50 cal. MK-2 Browning Machine Guns
     two MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars
    Aircraft
    1936, one Grumman JF-2, V148
    1938, one Curtiss SOC-4
    Electronics
    1942
     HF/DF: (1942) DAR (converted British FH3) ?
     Radar: (1945) SC-2, SGa; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52
     Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4
     Sonar: (1945) QC series; (1966) AN/SQS-11
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 135,180 gallons (547 tons)
    Propulsion
    two Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbines
    two Babcock & Wilcox sectional express, air-encased, 400 psi, 200° superheat boilers
    two 9' three-bladed propellers, 6,200shp (1966)
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    USCGC Ingham (WPG-35) (1941 - 1944)
    Ingham
    10013501    		 255k USCGC Ingham (WPG-35) underway in heavy seas, circa 1941-1944, location unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo # 2000225945    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Ingham
    10013509    		 143k Convoy escort USCGC Ingham (WPG-35) at anchor, location unknown, circa 1942. Aryeh Wetherhorn
    Ingham
    10013510    		 137k USCGC Ingham (WPG-35) underway as a convoy escort, circa in heavy seas, circa 1943, Atlantic Ocean. Aryeh Wetherhorn
    USCGC Ingham (WAGC-35) (1944 - 1946)
    Ingham
    10013506    		 97k Starboard broadside view of U.S. Coast Guard combat cutter USCGC Ingham (WAGC-35) as an amphibious force flagship at the U.S. Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 11 October 1944.
    National Parks Service. NPS Focus Digital LibraryM    		 Robert Hurst
    Ingham
    10013505    		 476k U.S. Coast Guard combat cutter USCGC Ingham (WAGC-35), at left, stands off the hump of Corregidor at the mouth of Manila Bay, as American forces recapture the embattled island from the Japanese during operations which sent paratroopers drifting down on the plateau and amphibious forces rushing the beaches from landing craft, 16 February 1945.
    U.S. Coast Guard Photo ID 4171 by Holman. U.S. National Archives ID 205584296. Local ID 26-G-4171    		 David Upton
    Ingham
    10013504    		 324k Under the guns of Coast Guard combat cutter USCGC Ingham (WAGC-35) the rugged plateaus and steep cliffs off Corregidor stand at the mouth of Manila Bay. Landing craft, loaded with American invaders are visible close in shore, as a trap from the sea and sky closes on Japanese defending the fortress they won nearly three years ago. Paratroopers dropped on the plateau in coordination with the amphibious assault. February 16-17, 1945.
    U.S. Coast Guard Photo ID 4145 by Holman. U.S. National Archives ID 205584293. Local ID 26-G-4145    		 David Upton
    Ingham
    10013502    		 381k USCGC Ingham (WAGC-35) crew watching a Chinese junk sailing past at Shanghai, China, circa 20 September to 3 October 1945.
    U.S. Coast Guard Photo # 4831. U.S. National Archives ID 205584288. Local ID 26-G-4831    		 David Upton
    Ingham
    10013503    		 797k Bumboats" cluster around USCGC Ingham (WAGC-35), which led the seventh fleet into Shanghai, Chian, 20 September1945. Note: The Royal Navy River Class frigate HMS Plym in the background. She is showing temporary pennant number B275 issued during the summer of 1945 (originally F271, later changed back to K271).
    U.S. Coast Guard Photo # 4819 by Holman. U.S. National Archives ID 205584290. Local ID 26-G-4819.    		 David Upton
    USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35) (1965 - 1988)
    Ingham
    10013507    		 220k Museum ship USCGC Ingham (WPG-35) moored pierside at Key West, FL. date unknown Aryeh Wetherhorn
    Ingham
    10013508    		 182k USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35) bridge wing of museum ship, at Key West, FL., date unknown Aryeh Wetherhorn
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR. Hemingway, Henry George, USCG17 September 1936 - April 1937
    02CDR. Ryan, Michael John, USCG (USCGA 1908) :RADMApril 1937 - August 1937
    03LCDR. Kenner, William Wilson, USCG (USCGA 1925) :RADM (Acting)August 1937 - August 1937
    04CDR. Thompson, Warner Keith, USCG (RCS 1909)August 1937 - June 1939
    05CDR. Baker, Lloyd H. USCGJune 1939 - September 1939
    06CDR. Roemer, Charles George, USCG (USCGA September 1939 - 15 February 1941
    07CAPT. Spencer, Lyndon USCG (USCGA 1918) :VADM15 February 1941- December 1941
    08CDR. Greenspun, Joseph, USCG (USCGA 1918 :RADMDecember 1941 - September 1942
    09CAPT. McCabe, George Evans, USCG (USCGA 1922) :RADMSeptember 1942 - January 1943
    10CDR. Martinson, Albert Mathias, USCGJanuary 1943 - April 1943
    11CDR Stinchcomb, Harry Waring, USCG (USCGA 1908)April 1943 - July 1943
    12CAPT. Moore, Harold Conklin, USCG (USCGA 1926) :VADMJuly 1943 - January 1944
    13CDR. Craik, John Daly, USCG (USCGA 1932)January 1944 - May 1944
    14CDR. Zittel, Karl Otto Alfred, USCG (USCGA 1932)May 1944 - January 1946
    15CDR. Anderson, Eric Alvin, USCGFebruary 1946 - January 1947
    16CDR. Walsh, Herbert Ferris, USCGJanuary 1947 - September 1947
    17CAPT. Day, Vernon Edwin, USCG (USCGA 1927)September 1947 - December 1947
    18CDR. Holt, George Irving, USCGDecember 1947 - March 1949
    19CAPT. Ford, Alexander Lawton, USCG (USCGA 1927)March 1949 - March 1950
    20CDR. Oren, John Birdsell, USCG (USCGA 1933) :RADMMarch 1950 - May 1951
    21CAPT. Hewins, Spencer Foster, USCG (USCGA 1930)May 1951 - 1952
    22CDR. Millington, Walter Behall, USCG (USCGA 1932)1952 - 1954
    23CAPT. Warner, Hollis Moore, USCG (USCGA 1932)1954 - 1956
    24CAPT. Forney, John Herman, USCG (USCGA 1933)1956 - 1957
    25CAPT. Couser, Christian Rewoldt, USCG (USCGA 1936)1957 - June 1959
    26CAPT. Henderson, Douglas Bruce, USCG (USCGA 1936 :RADMJune 1959- June 1961
    27CDR. Pascuiti, Richard Anthony, USCG (USCGA 1944May 1961 - July 1961
    29CAPT. Pfeiffer, Victor, USCG, (USCGA 1939)1961-1963
    30CAPT. Buxton, Winslow Hurlburt, USCG (USCGA 1938)1963 - 1964
    31CAPT. Young, Ricahrd W., USCG (USCGA 1943)1964 - 1965
    32CAPT. Lynch, Harold F., USCG (OCS 1943)1965 - 1967
    33CAPT. Westfall, Neale O., USCG (OCS 1945)1967 - 1969
    34CDR. Wubbold, III, Joseph Henry, USCG (USCGA 1956)1969 - 1970
    35CDR. Pohle Jr., Cortland Gerard, USCG )USCGA 1951)1970 - 1971
    36CDR. Bauman, Richard Arnold, USCG (USCGA 1951)1971 - 1973
    37CDR. Skillings, John Pierce, USCG (SCGA 1954)1973 - 1974
    38CDR. Bade, Paul F., USCG (OCS 1956)1974 - 1976
    39CDR. Thurnher, Douglas B., USCG (USCGA 1957)1976 - 1978
    40CDR. Moynihan, Martin James, USCG (USCGA 1960)1978 - 1980
    41CDR. Siddall, Glaen R., USCG (USCGA 1964)1980 - 1982
    42CDR. Carey, David Kevin, USCG (USCGA 1962)1982 - 1984
    43CAPT. Martin, George Frederick, USCG (USCGA 1964)1984 - 1986
    44CDR. Brennan, Thomas Daniel, USCG (USCGA 1968)1986 -27 May 1988
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USCGC Ingham, WPG/WAGC/WHEC 35; (ex-Samuel D. Ingham)
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
    USCGC Ingham Memorial Museum
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