George W Ingram (DE 62 APD 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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--u--f-...f,.... . f . WAR HISTORY u.s.s. eeoizee w. :Nc-LRAM 1135-62 8. APD-43l HE sfory of fhe USS GEORGE W. INGRAM lDE vasf expanses of ihe Pacific, and fhe fhrealening wafers 62-APD 43l is 'rhe srory of fwo ships -- a Desfroyer of fhe Yellow and China seas. Escorf and a Deslroyer Transporf - fwo oceans, fwo - wars - and more man fwo evenhpacked Years of Like all Navy men ihey have a deep-ser personal Service Wim me Unhed S,ra+eS Fleet pride in 'rheir ship and ifs accomplishmenls - and in 'rheir skipper - lean, capable, 35-year-old Commander His also rhe slory of fhe officers and men who have sailed her more lhan I35,000 miles - men from fhe farms and facfories and schools of a greaf Na+ion - men who, for l'he mosl' parr, were rank landlubbers a few shorr years ago buf who were moulded info a close- kni'r, fighfing leam by l'he rigors of war. To fhe world al large fhe INGRAM may be iusr anofher ship of Uncle Sam's migh+y fighring fleet Bu+ fo +he men of her crew she is much more fhan l'ha+. She is +he George Willie - a good ship, a sound ship, a rugged ship, a ship +ha+ has carried Them safely 'lhrough +he icy gales of +he Nor'l'h A+lan+ic, 'lhe sub- infesfed areas of +he Caribbean and Mediferranean, rhe Pge Fo Andrew S. Boyce, veieran Naval Reservisf from Augusfa, Georgia, who has been in command since December, I943. The INGRAM is no+ lhe oldes'r ship in 'I'he Unifed S+a'res Fleer, nor is she fhe youngest A producr of fhe grear Naval expansion program which was This Na1'ion's answer +o +he 'rwin problems of fhe U-Boal' and Japan's fhrealening Naval power, she was commissioned as +he DE-62 in Augusf, l943, and quickly added +0 1'he fasl- growing fleef of A'rlan+ic escor'r vessels. Affer her shakedown in fhe Bermuda area, +he INGRAM joined +he Tenlh Fleer. Her firs+ escorf assign- menl' 'rook her from New York 'ro Aruba and Curacao, +hen across fhe Soufh Aflanfic fo Oran and Algiers wifh