Allied Warships

USS George W. Ingram (DE 62)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	Buckley
Pennant	DE 62
Built by	Bethlehem Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered	10 Jan 1942
Laid down	6 Feb 1943
Launched	8 May 1943
Commissioned	11 Aug 1943
End service	15 Jan 1947
History	Converted to High Speed Transport and reclassified APD- 42 on 23 February 1945. Decommissioned 15 January 1947. Stricken 1 January 1967. Transferred to Taiwan 16 May 1967 being renamed Kang Shan. Kang Shan was stricken in 1978 and broken up for scrap in 1979.

Commands listed for USS George W. Ingram (DE 62)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Ernest Reide Perry, USN	11 Aug 1943	11 Dec 1943
2	Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Stewart Boyce, USNR	11 Dec 1943

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Notable events involving George W. Ingram include:

5 Feb 1945
HrMs O 21 (Lt. F.J. Kroesen, RNN), conducted a deep dive trial in Block Island Sound during which she was escorted by USS George W. Ingram (Lt.Cdr. A.S. Boyce, USNR). (1)

10 Feb 1945
USS Cabezon (Cdr. G.W. Lautrup, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS George W. Ingram (Lt.Cdr. A.S. Boyce, USNR).

11 Feb 1945
USS Cabezon (Cdr. G.W. Lautrup, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS George W. Ingram (Lt.Cdr. A.S. Boyce, USNR).

12 Feb 1945
USS Cabezon (Cdr. G.W. Lautrup, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS George W. Ingram (Lt.Cdr. A.S. Boyce, USNR).

16 Feb 1945
USS Moray (T/Cdr. F.L. Barrows, USN) conducted a deep submergence trial in Long Island Sound. She was escorted by USS George W. Ingram (Lt.Cdr. A.S. Boyce, USNR)

18 Feb 1945
USS Capitaine (Lt.Cdr. E.S. Friedrick, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS George W. Ingram (Lt.Cdr. A.S. Boyce, USNR).

19 Feb 1945
USS Capitaine (Lt.Cdr. E.S. Friedrick, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS George W. Ingram (Lt.Cdr. A.S. Boyce, USNR).