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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 Gennaro Rotella USN
Sea 2c Benedict Rominado USN
Cox Ernest Romanelli USN
Sea 2c Ralph Robinson USN
TM 1c Robert Rittmann USN
Sea 2c Billie Ritchie USN
Sea 2c Raymond Richardson USN
B 2c Ike Renner USN
Sea 1c George Reisinger USN
M 2c Laurie Ramsey USN
Sea 2c Leslie Pringle USN
F 1c Marvin Powers USN
OC 1c Edgar Ponder USN
Sea 1c Carl Pesto USN
AS Dewey Perry USN
MM 2c Martin Peluch USN
AS Dories Peebles USN
AS Wendle Pederson USN
SC 3c Ernest Pauley USN
AS Lewis Paul USN

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