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[1] [2]	[1] 59k [2] 59k	Jonas Howard Ingram, born in Jeffersonville, Ind., 15 October 1886, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1907. Before World War I he served in several cruisers, destroyers, and battleships. As turret officer of Arkansas (BB-33), he established a world's record for firing 12-inch guns. On 22 April 1914 he landed at Vera Cruz, Mexico with the Arkansas battalion and was awarded the Medal of Honor for "skillful and efficient handling of the artillery and machine guns and for distinguished conduct in battle. Ingram served at the Naval Academy from 1915 to 1917. During World War I he was on the staff of the Commander, Division 9, Atlantic Fleet, and received the Navy Cross for distinguished service. Between the wars outstanding performance in a variety of important assignments won him promotion to Rear Admiral 10 January 1941. In February 1942 he received a third star upon assuming command of Cruiser Division 2. Seven months later he took command of the 4th Fleet and was responsible for protecting vital Allied shipping in the U-boat infested South Atlantic. He received the Distinguished Service Medal for excellent work in this post and on 15 November 1944 became Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet with the rank of Admiral. This post won him a gold star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal for taking "a major part in the flow of United States troops across the Atlantic... and in the successful combating of the German submarine menace." Retiring from active duty 1 April 1947, Admiral Ingram died 9 September 1952 at San Diego. [1] Photo Caption: President Harry S. Truman (center) and Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (to the right of Truman), talking to New York Governor Thomas Dewey (left) on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri on Navy Day. Photo from the Harry S. Truman Library. [2] Official Navy Photo Portrait of Admiral Jonas Howard Ingram, USN.		[1] Bill Gonyo [2] Robert M. Cieri
	52k	Undated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA.		Mike Smolinski
	58k	Undated postcard Copyright © Colourpicture, Boston, MA.		Mike Smolinski
	87k	Undated, location unknown.		David Buell
	78k	Undated, location unknown. After her 1970 ASW conversion.		Frank Haas
	51k	Undated, location unknown. After her 1970 ASW conversion.		Frank Haas
	208k	Undated, probably in Genoa.		Carlo Martinelli
	106k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	228k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	137k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	77k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	151k	The Ship's Sponsor Mrs. Lawrence C. Hays, Jr., daughter of Admiral Ingram along with her daughter Mary Elizabeth, christen USS Jonas Ingram DD-938 at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts on 8 July 1956.		Robert M. Cieri
	232k	View from the launching.		Ed Zajkowski
	107k	Taken at HM Dockyard King Tom, Freetown, Sierra Leon In late 1959 - early 1960.		anneandmick
	153k	View from the USS Mullinnix (DD-944) circa 1961-1962, location unknown.		William C. Beckenbach
	151k	USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938) picture taken from USS Boston (CAG-1) in the Mediterranean, August 1962.		Roy Williams
	105k	Photo taken by by Russ Schultz from the USS Tidewater (AD-31) on the way to the Mediterranean in 1963.		Robert Hall
	120k	USS Jonas Ingram DD-938 in the Atlantic, circa 1969, prior to her ASW conversion.		Robert M. Cieri
	106k	USS Jonas Ingram DD-938 was decommissioned on 29 April 1969, at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where she underwent a 15-month major ASW conversion. This was to enhance her anti-submarine capability. This involved the removal of one of her 5" gun mounts, which was replaced by an ASROC launcher. She also received modernization of electronics and communications systems.		Robert M. Cieri
	151k	July 21 1970 off Philadelphia.		Ed Zajkowski
	56k	Cover of the Commissioning Ceremony Program for USS Jonas Ingram DD-938, held at Philadelphia Naval Base on 1 August 1970.		Robert M. Cieri
	162k	A view from the Commissioning Ceremony.		Ed Zajkowski
	93k	Schedule of events for the Commissioning Ceremony of USS Jonas Ingram DD-938.		Robert M. Cieri
	99k	USS Jonas Ingram DD-938, shortly after her conversion and commissioning, off Philadelphia in August 1970.		Robert M. Cieri
	177k	August 12 1970 at Philadelphia Navy Yard.		Ed Zajkowski
	212k	August 12 1970 at Philadelphia Navy Yard.		Ed Zajkowski
	194k	August 12 1970, Delaware River. Photo by Philadelphia Navy Yard.		Ed Zajkowski
	147k	August 12 1970, Delaware River. Photo by Philadelphia Navy Yard.		Ed Zajkowski
	68k	Underway in the Mediterranean, sometime in the early 1970s. In the foreground is a Soviet 'Foxtrot' class submarine that the Jonas Ingram is shadowing.		Robert Hurst
	161k	USS McCaffery (DD-860) nested alongside USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938) and other unidentified destroyers, November 24 1971, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	78k	North Atlantic, November 1976		© Richard Leonhardt
	88k	Indian Ocean February 1981 coming alongside the USS Independence (CVA-62).		© Rick Marsh
	103k	Aalborg, Denmark July 4 1981.		© Rick Marsh
	64k	The final moments as she is sunk as a target on July 23 1988.		Gerd Matthes/Frank Haas
	27k	As above.		Frank Haas
	65k	As above.		Frank Haas
	81k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	47k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski

CDR Grover Leonard Rawlings    Jul 19 1957 - Aug 1 1959
CDR Robert Nelson Adrian    Aug 1 1959 - Jul 22 1961
CDR Robert Kirk    Jul 22 1961 - Sep 27 1963
CDR Karl John Christoph Jr.    Sep 27 1963 - Apr 3 1965 (Later RADM)
CDR John Staige Kern    Apr 3 1965 - Mar 9 1967 (Later RADM)
CDR Larry Larue Hawkins    Mar 9 1967 - Aug 1 1970
CDR Donald Moderi Metzler    Aug 1 1970 - Aug 4 1971
CDR Louis Colbus    Aug 4 1971 - Nov 17 1972
CDR Robert Orris Strange Jr.    Nov 17 1972 - May 10 1974
CDR Bobbie Lee Sample    May 10 1974 - May 17 1976
CDR Richard Eaton Dodson    May 17 1976 - Jul 1 1978
CDR Bruce Albert Young    Jul 1 1978 - Jul 4 1980
CDR Charles Momfred St. Laurent    Jul 4 1980 - Jul 15 1982
CDR James Beaty Ferguson III    Jul 15 1982 - Mar 4 1983 (Later RADM)

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