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DD-255 / AVD-9 / APD-35 Osmond Ingram


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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 Destroyer 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.;
  • During World War II Belknap was first assigned to the European Theater and later to 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
  • Osmond Ingram received the Presidential Unit Citation and six battle stars for World War II service.
    Specifications:
    Displacement; 1,215 t.
    Length; 314' 4"
    Beam; 31' 8"
    Draft; 9' 10"
    Speed; 33.3 kts.
    Complement; 130
    Boats; 4 LCP(L) landing craft
    Armament
    three single 4"/50 gun mounts
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    five single 20mm AA gun mounts
    one depth charge track
    four depth charge projectors
    Propulsion; geared turbines, 26,500shp, two propellers
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    USS Osmond Ingram (AVD-9)
    Osmond Ingram 31k Osmond Ingram (AVD-9) underway, date and location unknown. Paul Rebold
    USS Osmond Ingram (APD-35)
    Osmond Ingram 41k Osmond Ingram (APD-35) underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Greene 131k High-speed Transports (APD) at Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, in late 1944. The APDs present, in center, are: Greene (APD-36) -- closest to camera; Osmond Ingram (APD-35) -- next inboard; Barry (APD-29); Roper (APD-20); and Tattnall (APD-19). At the extreme right is 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
    View the Osmond Ingram (AVD-9 / APD-35)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    American APD Corporation
    Four Stack APD Veterans

    Contact: CWO3 Curt Clark Secretary/Treasurer
    Address: 3384 Grim Ave., San Diego, CA 92104
    Phone: 619-282-0971
    E-mail: apdsec@cox.net
    Reunion Schedule
    2008 Reno, Nevada. Site and date to be determined
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    "The Green Dragons" Four-stack APD destroyer-transports in World War Two
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