USS Osmond Ingram ( DD - 255 ) USS " Osmond Ingram " ( DD - 255 / AVD – 9 / APD - 35 ) was a in the United States Navy during World War II . She was named for Osmond Ingram . " Osmond Ingram " was laid down 15 October 1918 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation , Quincy , Massachusetts ; launched 23 February 1919 ; sponsored by Mrs . N . E . Ingram , mother of Osmond Ingram ; and commissioned at Boston 28 June 1919 , Lieutenant Commander M . B . DeMott in command . She was designated AVD – 9 from 2 August 1940 until 4 November 1943 ; reverted to DD – 255 until 22 June 1944 ; and completed her service as APD – 35 . History . After several years ’ Atlantic service in fleet operations , " Osmond Ingram " decommissioned 24 June 1922 and went into reserve at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Converted to seaplane tender , she recommissioned 22 November 1940 and sailed for San Juan , Puerto Rico , her home port from 15 January 1941 . She tended patrol planes through the area bounded by Trinidad , Antigua , and San Juan , then sailed to base in the Panama Canal Zone tending patrol craft at Salinas , Ecuador , and in the Galápagos Islands through June 1942 . Returning to destroyer functions , she completed 1942 on escort duty between Trinidad and Recife and Belém , then sailed north to NS Argentia , Newfoundland , to join the offensive antisubmarine warfare patrol formed around , one of the most effective of the antisubmarine forces that ranged the Atlantic that ultimately defeated the U - boat s and secured the passage of the men and goods across the Atlantic , vital to triumph in Europe . " Osmond Ingram " sank her first submarine , " U - 172 " , with gunfire 13 December 1943 after she had been forced to surface by depth charge attacks . This and similar outstanding performance of duty by her sisters brought the group a Presidential Unit Citation ( US ) . After a convoy to Gibraltar early in 1944 , " Osmond Ingram " served on escort duty between New York and Trinidad until June , when she entered Charleston Navy Yard for conversion to a high speed transport . She joined amphibious forces in the Mediterranean in time for the pre - invasion assaults on islands off the French coast 14 August 1944 , then escorted convoys along the French and Italian coasts until returning Norfolk , Virginia late in December . Now assigned to the Pacific , " Osmond Ingram " continued her war service with escort duty en route New York via Panama to San Diego , Pearl Harbor , Eniwetok , and Ulithi . She sailed 2 April 1945 with an assault force for Okinawa , and until that island was secured , alternately escorted fast convoys to Saipan and Guam and patrolled the seaward defense lines for Hagushi Anchorage . During July , she escorted ships between Leyte and Hollandia , New Guinea ; in August , began patrols through the Philippines and to Borneo . After the end of the war she aided in the occupation of Japan , calling at Wakayama , Kure , and Nagoya until sailing for home . Fate . " Osmond Ingram " decommissioned at Philadelphia 8 January 1946 , was struck from the Navy List 21 January 1946 , and was sold for scrapping to Hugo Neu 17 June 1946 . " Osmond Ingram " received 6 battle star s and the Presidential Unit Citation for World War II service . , no other ships have been named " Osmond Ingram " .