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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
GM 3c Thomas Irions USN
F 1c Raymond Hagan USN
F 1c Marvin Powers USN
TM 2c William Lawler USN
Sea 1c George Reisinger USN
Sea 1c Clyde Williams USN
Sea 2c Joseph Borsello USN
Sea 2c Andrew Mcquillan USN
Sea 2c John Collins USN
Sea 2c Joseph Burynski USN
AS John Wynn USN
MM 2c Edward Workman USN
F 3c Harold Briggs USN
AS Angelo Iasalvatore USN
Sea 1c Huey Gafford USN
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

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