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.- 'suxNx, ', s 1 !r .s-J U. S. S. INGRAHAM IDD-6941 ' A Care of Fleef Pos? 1 4' ' Q OFF' New York New Yorllce To Those Who Served On Board In wrltlng these words ny mlnd recalls the many lncldents and events of what, for Host of us, wlll be one of our great adventures of llfe Durlng these seven months we have clrcumnavlgated the Earth, follow lng ln the footsteps of the grand marlners of hlstory we have V1SltSd many new and awakenlng nations 1D thls ever shrlnklng, nore closely knlt world we gave of our resources and energles and selves to prov1de a boost to these peoples' efforts at achlevlng the llfe thelr hopes and prospects denended we lncreased our own knowledge of Jul enx nnert and set higher standards for our personal and profes slonal excellence But most lnportant we were pr1v'l g d to pa tlclpate ln and posltlvely contrlbute to our natlon's dedicated effort to asslst the peoples of V1et.am ln creatlng a natlon of thelr own choice Whlle our endeavors might each lncrement of resolute accorrpllshment wJ ll ln tne long run, bring the day when the people of the world w1ll fulflll thelr splrltual and temporal expectatlons we have been a part of Anerlcan Hlstory and take our place wlth a long llne of dedicated predecessors who unquestlonlngly and unfllnchlngly responded tO Our nat1on's call to colors ln a tlne of danger Our reward lS the knowledge that we served and returned safely wlth prlde ln our aCCOHpll5hHentS fijjf , f ' STANLEYS F f a f ' , . I I f Q-P I I , I ' 1 V ffiro 'A P, I Q L. N' I ' ' l e e r' ' ' . - '75 .2 ' have seemed small in the overall pattern of events, I ' I- 4. I l' . . . I . I is A V241 1,7 A7 ,r 1 V K if
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.4 w al .i . wgj fax . ,!. ,fr 145, .-j, - 'Zig '. l The third ship to be named in honor of Captain Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham, the USS INGRAHAM CDD-694723 built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearney, New Jersey. She was commissioned Ofl IS March 1944 and was sent directly to the Western Pacific for anti-submarine patrol and escort duty- He' pam soon found INGRAHAM in the midst of battle. I H First, she challenged and sank a Japanese cargo ship off the coast of Mindoro. Later, during the Llflggiyefl QU landings in early 1945, she conducted shore bombardment and screening patrols. She then participated in strikes on Iwo Jima and the Japanese homeland. . in May 1945, enroute to Okinawa with five other ships, INGRAHAM encountered over fifty enemy Dlalles- Qunng the course of action, two destroyers were hit and sunk and scores of enemy planes shot down. Five Kamlkffii planes attacked INCRAHAM in coordinated suicide dives, four of which she successfully shot down. The fl crashed her port side killing 15 men and wounding 36. With only one of her guns operative and her main decka few feet above water, she limped into port for repairs. ,S INGRAHAM rejoined the Pacific Fleet in 1946 and took part in the Bikini Atoll atom bomb tests. In the 1950 she joined the Atlantic Fleet for ASW deployments with NATO and CENTO forces. 9 In 1962 she completed the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization program and went to the Mediterranean Whe' she visited Naples, Barcelona,'Nlenton, Palermo, Cannes, and V l ' ' tembe' Q a encia. On her return to the U.S. in Sep she participated in the orbital flight of Sigma Seven and the Cuban blockade. ,. .fr
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