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Ingraham

Ship Designation: 
DD-444
Date Lost: 
Saturday, August 22, 1942
Collision with Tanker Chemung
On trans-Atlantic convoy duty, while investigating a collision between U.S. destroyer Buck and a merchant vessel, Ingraham collided with tanker Chemung in heavy fog off the coast of Nova Scotia. Badly damaged in the collision, Ingraham sank almost immediately. Depth charges on her stern exploded. Only 11 men survived the collision. She was struck from the Navy Register 11 September 1942

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 204

Name Service Branchsort descending
MM 1c Francis Stebner USN
OC 1c Edgar Ponder USN
Sea 2c Raymond Richardson USN
F 1c George Bridges USN
SOM 3c Georg Boshart USN
Sea 1c Carl Pesto USN
Sea 2c Norman Collins USN
Sea 2c Sidney Bernard USN
AS Harry Wyatt USN
CDR William Haynsworth USN
F 1c Medwell Brown USN
SF 3c James Hunt USN
CWT John Harry USN
F 1c Harley Thomas USN
CRM Arthur Shales USN
Sea 1c Hubbard Stevenson USN
CSF Raymond Hall USN
Sea 1c Gennaro Rotella USN
F 3c Archie Bryant USN
Sea 2c Walter Borucki USN

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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN (Ret.)