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USS George W. Ingram (DE 62 / APD 43)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - W - T - X

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Buckley
Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1400 tons (light), 1740 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 198

George W. Ingram (DE 62) Building and Operational Data:

06 February 1943: Keel laid by the Bethlehem Steel Corp. Hingham, Mass.

08 May 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. James L. Ingram, mother of Seaman Second Class Ingram

11 August 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr. Ernest R. Perry in command

23 February 1945: Reclassified APD 42, converted at Tompkinsville, N.Y. (Staten Island)

15 January 1947: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 3 years and 5 months of service; mothballed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Bremerton, Wash.

01 January 1967: Struck from the NVR

16 May 1967: Transferred to Taiwan, renamed Kang Shan (PF-43) (stricken, 1978; scrapped, 1979)

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	72k	undated wartime image: *Ingram* was one of six ships in Escort Division 12. The others were *Fogg* (DE 57), *Gantner* (DE 60), *Lee Fox* (DE 65), *Foss* (DE 59), and my ship *Ira Jefferey* (DE 63).		Everett Schrader

Memorabilia
Imminent Launches, News Article 06 May 1943 Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

George W. Ingram History
View the USS George W. Ingram (DE 62 / APD 43) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS George W. Ingram as submitted by the ship at war's end.

George W. Ingram's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 11 Aug. 1943 - 11 Dec. 1943	Lcdr. Ernest Reide Perry, USN (Comm. CO) (USNA '26) (San Antonio, Tex.)
2.) 11 Dec. 1943 - 31 Oct. 1945	Cmdr. Andrew Summers Boyce, USN (Augusta, Ga.)
3.) 31 Oct. 1945 - 01 Jan. 1947	Cmdr. Everett Stephen Hopkins, USN (USNA '41)
4.) 01 Jan. 1947 - 15 Jan. 1947	Lt. Norman Allan Smith (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources

Navsource APD Pages, USS George W. Ingram (APD 43)
Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation

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