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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

Namesort descending Service Branch
Sea 2c Joseph Borsello USN
Sea 2c Walter Borucki USN
SOM 3c Georg Boshart USN
F 3c Rennie Boulay USN
BM 1c Douglas Boyd USN
MOMM 2c Russell Bradford USN
F 3c Edison Brant USN
Sea 2c Vernon Bray USN
F 1c George Bridges USN
F 3c Harold Briggs USN
F 1c Medwell Brown USN
F 3c Archie Bryant USN
Ens Richard Bukowski USN
Sea 2c Daniel Buksa USN
Sea 2c Roland Bumpus USN
Sea 1c John Burke USN
Sea 2c Joseph Burynski USN
Sea 2c Joe Bush USN
Sea 2c Richard Butske USN
Y 2c Lawrence Cantrell USN

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