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USS Osmond Ingram (APD-35)
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 USS Osmond Ingram (AVD-9) (1940-1943)
 USS Osmond Ingram (DD-255) (1920-1940, 1943-1944)
 USS Osmond Ingram (Destroyer #255) (1919-1920)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Juliet - Tango
 NQJT
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Presidential Unit Citation - American Defense Service (with Fleet clasp)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (5) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
Clemson Class Destroyer:
  • Laid Down, 15 October 1918, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA.
  • Launched, 23 February 1919
  • Commissioned, USS Osmond Ingram (Destroyer No. 255), 28 June 1919, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA., LCDR. M. B. DeMott in command
  • Designated (DD-255), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 24 June 1922, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
  • Redesignated Seaplane Tender (Destroyer) (AVD-9), 2 August 1940
  • Recommissioned, 22 November 1940
  • Reverted to (DD-255), 4 November 1943
  • Converted to a High-speed Transport at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C. in 1944
  • During World War II USS Osmond Ingram was first assigned to the American Theater and later to both the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater participating in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Task Group 21.12 (4 Stars) Okinawa Gunto operation (1 Star)
    Invasion of Southern France (1 Star)  

  • Redesignated (APD-35), 22 June 1944
  • Decommissioned, 8 January 1946, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 January 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 17 June 1946 to Hugo Neu, New York, NY
  • USS Osmond Ingram received the Presidential Unit Citation and six battle stars for World War II service.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,130 t.(fl)
    Length 306'
    Beam 37'
    Draft 9' 10"
    Speed 27.7 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 15
    Enlisted 183
    Troop Accommodations
    Officers 8
    Enlisted 144
    Boats 4 LCP(L) landing craft
    Armament
    three single 3"/50 cal gun mounts
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    five single 20mm AA gun mounts
    one depth charge track
    four depth charge projectors
    Fuel Capacities
    NSFO 3,025 Bbls
    Diesel 50 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two Bethlehem Shipbuilding Curtis-type turbines
    two Yarrow boilers 250psi Sat°
    single Falk Main Reduction Gears
    two 60Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    twin propellers, 27,000shp
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    USS Osmond Ingram (AVD-9)
    Osmond Ingram 102k USS Osmond Ingram (AVD-9) underway off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 10 July 1943.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 42922.    		 Paul Rebold and Robert Hurst
    USS Osmond Ingram (APD-35)
    Osmond Ingram 144k USS Osmond Ingram (APD-35) off Charleston Navy Yard, S.C., 14 July 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 12T.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 81395. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson.    		 Robert Hurst
    Greene 131k High-speed Transports (APD) at Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, in late 1944. The APDs present, in center, are: USS Greene (APD-36) -- closest to camera; USS Osmond Ingram (APD-35) -- next inboard; USS Barry (APD-29); USS Roper (APD-20); and USS Tattnall (APD-19). At the extreme right is USS Hilary P. Jones (DD-427). This photograph was dated January 1945, but was taken at least a month earlier. Note old fort in the background.
    US Navy photo # 80-G-302954, now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    USS Osmond Ingram (AVD-9 / APD-35)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    American APD Corporation
    Four Stack APD Veterans

    Contact: CWO3 Curtis G. Clark USN Ret.
    Address: 3080 Monarch St.,San Diego CA. 92123
    Phone:: 858 427-6696
    Email: apdsec@san.rr.com
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    "The Green Dragons" Four-stack APD destroyer-transports in World War Two
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    Last Updated 11 March 2011