INGERSOLL DD 990

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Spruance Class Destroyer Keel Laid December 17 1977 - Launched March 10 1979 USS INGERSOLL DD-990 Commissioned April 12 1980 - Decommissioned July 24 1998 Struck from Naval Register July 24 1998 Sunk as target July 29 2003

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1980-94)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Pascagouls MS Machine

1977-12-17

No Image

Keel Laying

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Locy Type 2-1(n) (D1,USS)

1980-06-20

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Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS,USN)

1982-04-27

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Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)

1997-10-27

Navy Day 1997
Rogak Cachet

 

Locy Type 9-1(nu) (USS)

1986-05-20

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Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-21

1994-03-09

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Royal Eason Ingersoll USN (June 20 1883 - May 20 1976)
Ingersoll was a United States Navy Four Star Admiral who served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANT) from 1941 to 1944; Commander, Western Sea Frontier from 1944 to 1946; and Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet/Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (DCOMINCH/DCNO) from 1944 to 1945. He was second in a line of three generations of naval officers: his father, Rear Admiral Royal R. Ingersoll United States Naval Academy Class of 1868, and his son, Lieutenant Royal Rodney Ingersoll II, Class of 1934, was killed in action on June 4 1942, in the Battle of Midway, aboard the USS HORNET CV-8

 

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