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INGHAM, USCGC

Key West, Florida
County of Monroe.
East quay wall, Truman Waterfront
National Register Number: 92001879
 Resource type: Structure.
Property type: Maritime: Vessel. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2008.
Congressional District: FL-18 Certified Local Government: YES
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Current use/information: Museum vessel; http://www.maritime.org/hnsa-ingham.htm.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - April 27, 1992):
Built in 1936, the 327' cutter Ingham is one of two surviving examples of the Secretary-class, a type significant in the U.S. combat response to the German U-Boat threat. Ingham escorted convoys across the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Caribbean, earning the Presidential Unit Citation; in 1942, she sank U-626. Transferred to duty in the Pacific, Ingham spearheaded the liberation of Corregidor and other Philippine territory. In 1968, she returned to combat off Vietnam. When she was decommissioned in 1988, Ingham was the oldest commissioned U.S. warship afloat.

Condition:
Ship is currently in good condition and recently repainted.

Patriots Point staff have recently repainted significant areas of the superstructure and restored several additional compartments to their appearance when the ship was in service.


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