USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35)

USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35)
History
United States
Name
  • Samuel D. Ingham
  • Ingham (May 1937)
NamesakeSamuel D. Ingham
Awarded30 January 1934
BuilderPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard
Laid down1 May 1935
Launched3 June 1936
Sponsored byKatherine Ingham Brush
Commissioned12 September 1936
Decommissioned27 May 1988
Reclassified
  • WPG-35 (1 July 1941)
  • WAGC-35 (24 July 1944)
  • WHEC-35 (1 May 1965)
MottoNever too old to serve
StatusMuseum ship
General characteristics
Displacement2,700 long tons (2,700 t)
Length327 ft (100 m)
Beam41 ft (12 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range8,270 nmi (15,320 km; 9,520 mi)
Complement
  • (1937) 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted
  • (1941) 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted
  • (1966) 10 officers, 3 warrants, 134 enlisted
Armament
Aircraft carriedoriginally 1 Grumman Duck seaplane, later removed
USCGC Ingham
Ingham preserved in Key West.
USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35) is located in Florida
USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35)
LocationKey West, Florida
Coordinates24°33′08.1″N 81°48′27.7″W / 24.552250°N 81.807694°W / 24.552250; -81.807694
Built1935
ArchitectUS Coast Guard; Philadelphia Navy Yard
NRHP reference No.92001879
Significant dates
Added to NRHP27 April 1992[2]
Designated NHL27 April 1992[3]

USCGC Ingham (WPG/WAGC/WHEC-35) 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.

  1. ^ "Ingham, 1936".
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 23 January 2007.
  3. ^ "USCGC Ingham". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 24 January 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2008.