page_title: USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35)
section_title: History 1934–1988
hierarchical_section_title: USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35) / History 1934–1988
caption_attribution_description: U.S.C.G.C. INGHAM at the U.S. Navy Yard, South Carolina on 11 October 1944. Starboard broadside view. Cropped in 2008 to remove border including text label.
context_page_description: USCGC Ingham is one of only two preserved Treasury-class United States Coast Guard Cutters. Originally Samuel D. Ingham, she was the fourth cutter to be named for Treasury Secretary Samuel D. Ingham. She was the most decorated vessel in the Coast Guard fleet and was the only cutter to ever be awarded two Presidential Unit Citations.
context_section_description: Ingham was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The Treasury Department awarded her contract on 30 January 1934. Her keel was laid on 1 May 1935, and she was launched on 3 June 1936, along with her sisters William J. Duane, Roger B. Taney and the George W. Campbell". Ingham was christened by Ms. Katherine Ingham Brush on that date and the new cutter was formally commissioned on 12 September 1936.
  Ingham served with distinction during World War II on convoy duty. Protecting ships ferrying vital supplies to Britain, Ingham battled stormy weather, German U-boats, and enemy aircraft. On 15 December 1942, during one crossing, Ingham engaged and sank the enemy submarine U-626. After 1944, Ingham served as an amphibious flagship and she would later take part in three campaigns in the Pacific Theater. Ingham was the last active warship in the US fleet with a U-Boat kill.
caption: Ingham at U.S. Navy Yard, S.C., 11 Oct 1944
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