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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 ascending Service Branch
Sea 1c Huey Gafford USN
F 3c Charles Fort USN
F 1c James Fletcher USN
Ens John Fassett USN
AS Kenneth Farley USN
GM 1c Melvin Espe USN
EM 3c Donald Duke USN
MM 1c Russell Donley USN
Sea 1c George Defrees USN
GM 3c Ulysses Dean USN
M 2c Thomas Dare USN
Sea 1c Gordon Dahl USN
Lt Frederick Crocker USN
Sea 2c John Coughlin USN
Sea 2c George Cote USN
Sea 1c Antone Costa USN
Sea 2c Samuel Cossaboon USN
Sea 2c Dominic Corsi USN
Sea 2c Thomas Conroy USN
Sea 2c John Conlin USN

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