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Royal Rodney Ingersoll Royal Rodney Ingersoll III	93k 45k	Ingersoll (DD-652) was named for two naval men. Royal Rodney Ingersoll was born in Niles, Michigan, 04 December 1847, and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1868. He served in various ships of the fleet on the European and Asiatic Squadrons until 1876 when he was assigned to the Naval Academy. Ingersoll taught and wrote about Ordnance subjects during several tours at the Academy, and in the early years of the 20th century commanded such ships as Bennington, New Orleans, and Maryland. He was Chief of Staff of the Atlantic Fleet during the first part of its famous cruise around the world, and a member of the General Board in 1908. Rear Admiral Ingersoll retired in 1909, but was called back to duty during World War I as President of the Naval Ordnance Board. In 1919 he returned to his home in Laporte, Indiana, where he was active in public affairs until his death 21 April 1931. Royal Rodney Ingersoll, II, the grandson of Admiral Ingersoll, was born at Manila, P.I., 17 December 1913. After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1934, he served as an Ensign aboard California (BB-44) 1934-1936, Cassin (DD-372) 1936-1939, and Raleigh (CL-7) 1940-1941, reporting on board carrier Hornet during her fitting out period in 1941. Lieutenant Ingersoll served in Hornet during the critical early months of the Pacific war. In the great Battle of Midway 4 to 6 June 1942, in which the U.S. fleet decisively turned back the Japanese threat to the Hawaiian Islands, he was was killed at his battle station by machine gun fire from a crippled fighter plane (an F4F Wildcat) from the USS Yorktown (CV-5) during its emergency landing on board the Hornet. Its wounded pilot was either unable to, or failed to, cut off its guns. Four enlisted men on board the Hornet were also killed, and 20 more sailors were wounded in this accident (DANFS incorrectly attributes his death to "machine gun fire from Japanese aircraft.") Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.		Bill Gonyo
Ingersoll (DD-652)
	91k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	337k	Four views from the Christening and Launching on June 28 1943. The launch ceremony pictures were sent to me by the late Alice Jean Ingersoll Nagel, granddaughter of Admiral Royal Rodney Ingersoll, in 1999, she is shown Christening in one picture.		Neal Overman
	199k	As above.		Neal Overman
	170k	As above.		Neal Overman
	293k	As above.		Neal Overman
	137k	USS Ingersoll (DD-652) en route to a strike on Taroa Island airfield, Marshall Islands, viewed from a plane from USS Enterprise (CV-6), 27 January 1944. National Archive and Record Administration photo # 80-G-222927.		Robert Hurst
	43k	Early 1950's, location unknown.		Ms. Grace Ingersoll, daughter of the ships namesake and granddaughter of Admiral Ingersoll (DD-990) and Larry Graham of the Ingersoll Reunion Group.
	104k	San Diego, circa mid 1950's.		Marc Piché
	304k	Circa 1955		Ingersoll Reunion Group
	161k	Circa 1965		Ingersoll Reunion Group
	137k	Venice, Italy during October 1952 from the collection of CAPT John D. Orr USNR (Ret.).		Ingersoll Reunion Group
	130k	February 1964 in the Philippine Sea.		Neal Overman
	21k	Ingersoll returning From WestPac To Pier 5, Naval Station San Diego, April 16 1964.		Neal Overman
	167k	Circa 1965		Ingersoll Reunion Group
	49k	A series of 5 photos taken by Lee Rush showing the Ingersoll in dry dock at Long Beach,CA in 1965 prior to leaving for WESPAC operations in Viet Nam.		Ingersoll Reunion Group
	44k	As above.		Ingersoll Reunion Group
	57k	As above.		Ingersoll Reunion Group
	42k	As above.		Ingersoll Reunion Group
	36k	As above.		Ingersoll Reunion Group
	30k	Photo of the Ingersoll in Guam in 1965 on her way to Vietnam by Lee Rush.		Ingersoll Reunion Group
	85k	Hong Kong 1965		Vic Clabaugh
	92k	San Diego Ca. February 5 1966		© Richard Leonhardt
	179k	USS Ingersoll (DD-652) underway at sea off the coast of San Diego, California on 22 October 1966. Photographer: PH2 J.V. Cullinan. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #: NH 107203.		Robert Hurst
0565232	130k	Underway off San Diego, 1969. Official Navy PAO photo.		Mike Smolinski
	265k	The Ingersoll as target ship was featured in the Sea Classics Magazine July 1993.		Neal Overman
	49k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski

CDR Alexander Craig Veasey    Aug 31 1943 - Feb 14 1945

CDR Francis Joseph Lucien Blouin    Feb 14 1945 - Apr 1946 (Later VADM)

LCDR Robert Larue Tully    Apr 1946 - Jul 19 1946

(Decommissioned Jul 19 1946 - May 4 1951)

CDR George Anthony Gowen    May 4 1951 - Oct 28 1952

CDR Richard Herbert Tibbets    Oct 28 1952 - Aug 1954

CDR John Andrew Gommengenger    Aug 1954 - 1956

CDR Ramon Manuel Perez    1956 - Feb 1957

CDR Jessie David Worley    Feb 1957 - May 1958

CDR Paul Abraham Newlove    May 1958 - Jun 1 1960

CDR Ira Wilbur Bonnett    Jun 1 1960 - 1962

CDR Paul Andrew Boyle    1962 - 1963

CDR Henry Eugene Davies Jr.    1963 - 1964

CDR Stewart Malcolm Brownell    1964 - Dec 21 1966

CDR John James Strohm    Dec 21 1966 - Aug 21 1968

CDR John Morgan Redfield    Aug 21 1968 - Jan 1970