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United States Coast Guard Cutter Ingham WPG / AGC / WHEC 35

HISTORY Original name: Samuel D. Ingham  Classification and hull number: WPG-35 Builder: Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA Cost: $2,468,460.00 Keel Laid: 1 May 1935 Launched: 3 June 1936 Radio call sign: NRDL Commissioned: 17 September 1936 Decommissioned: 27 May 1988

HULL Displacement (tons): 2,350 (1936) 2,750 (1945) Length: 327' overall 308' waterline Beam: 41' mb, 41' wl, 41' 2" max Draft: 12' 6" mean (1936) 15' max (1945)

MACHINERY Main Engines: 2 Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbines Main Boilers: 2 Babcock & Wilcox sectional express, air encased, 400psi, 200° superheat SHP: 5,250 total (1936) 6,200 (1945) Propellers: Twin 3 blades Max Speed: 19.5 kts (1945) Cruising: 13 kts - 7,000 mi (1945) Economy: 11 kts -  9,500 mi (1945)

CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR LIFE EVENTS 17 September 1936 commissioned Philadelphia PA 1937-1940 home ported Port Angeles WA June 1937 name shortened to Ingham 1940-1941 home ported Boston MA 01 July 1941 assigned to the US Navy 10 December 1941 escorts her first North Atlantic convoy 1942-1943 assigned to CINCLANT (DESLANT) as escort in North Atlantic 26 September 1942 rescued 8 survivors of SS Tennessee 15 December 1942 sank U-626, 56° 46'N 27° 12'W while escorting convoy SC-112 07 February 1943 rescued survivors from SS Henry R Mallory, SS Robert E Hopkins and SS West Portal while escorting convoy SC-118 Feb 1943 rescued survivor from SS Jeremiah Van Rensseler 18 March 1943 rescued survivors from SS Matthew Luckenback 1943-1944 escorted convoys to Mediterranean 01 August - 24 October 1944 conversion to AGC (amphibious force flagship) at Charleston Navy Yard, SC 1944-1945 operated as AGC in Pacific 13-18 February 1945 flagship of Mariveles-Corregidor Attack Group 18 March 1945 flagship Tigbauan landings, Panay, PI 29 March 1945 flagship Negros Island landings, PI July 1945 flagship for Balut Island attack, PI 1946 - 1976 Ocean Weather Stations, Atlantic 1 May 1968 designation change to WHEC (High Endurance Cutter) 1968 - 1969 deployed to Republic of Viet Nam 27 May 1988 decommissioned following 52 years of service to the United States

OCEAN WEATHER STATION COORDINATES Ocean weather station "Alpha" 62.0°N 33.0°W Ocean weather station "Bravo" 56.5°N 55.1°W Ocean weather station "Charlie" 52.8°N 35.5°W Ocean weather station "Delta" 44.0°N 41.0°W Ocean weather station "Echo" 35.0°N 45.5°W

REFERENCES Robert L. Scheina, U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II,  Annapolis MD, Naval Institute Press, 1982 [out of print] Robert Edwin Johnson, Guardians of the Sea : History of the U.S. Coast Guard 1915 to the Present, Annapolis MD, Naval Institute Press, 1987 John M. Waters, Jr., Bloody Winter, Annapolis MD, Naval Institute Press, 1984

LINKS Roster of Officers and Crew,  November 1959 Radioman and Electronic Technician Christmas Card, December 1959 The Coast Guard and the North Atlantic Campaign (Off site) Ingham at Patriots Point Museum, SC (Off site)

Ingham Photo Album Click on image to enlarge.

Circa 1944  World War 2 camouflage  paint. Undated photograph December 1959 USCG Base Norfolk [Berkeley Station], Virginia.  SR-b Radar antenna on forward mast. (Photo E. Oleson) Circa 1960 On Ocean Station Post 1974 AN/SPS-29 Radar antenna on tripod after mast. 1981 Toulon, France - Cadet Cruise. USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35)