GEORGE W INGRAM APD 43

Ship Name and Designation History

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Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort Keel Laid February 6 1943 - Launched May 8 1943 USS GEORGE W INGRAM DE-62 Commissioned August 11 1943 USS GEORGE W INGRAM APD-42 Reclassified High-speed Transport (APD) February 23 1945 Decommissioned January 15 1947 Struck from Naval Register January 1 1967 KANG SHAN PF-43 (Taiwanese Naval Service) Transferred to Taiwan May 16 1967 and renamed Stricken by Taiwan 1978 Scrapped 1979

Naval Covers

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1. George W. Ingram Covers Page 1    (1944)

 

Postmarks

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Locy Type 2z

1944-02-25

As APD-43
Posted 2 days after redesignation, showing DE-62 in return

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Seaman 2/c George Washington Ingram USN (February 22 1918- December 7 1941)
Ingram was assigned to duty with Patrol Wing 2 on September 26 1941, and was stationed at the Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor December 7 1941. In utter disregard of personal danger, he fought to repel the enemy and died during the attack. He was commended by Admiral Nimitz, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, for his heroism.

 

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