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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
BM 1c Douglas Boyd USN
Sea 2c Vernon Bray USN
F 3c Harold Briggs USN
F 1c Medwell Brown USN
Ens Richard Bukowski USN
Sea 1c John Burke USN
Sea 2c Joseph Carey USN
F 3c Conrad Caputo USN
Sea 2c Edward Carr USN
Sea 2c William Cogan USN
RM 3c Lynn Collins USN
F 1c John Kobal USN
F 3c Marvin Kelly USN
GM 2c Harold Lane USN
AS Warren Jacobsen USN
AS Paul Jacobs USN
AS Billy Ivey USN
GM 3c Thomas Irions USN
AS Angelo Iasalvatore USN
SF 3c James Hunt USN

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