INGRAHAM FFG 61

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Oliver Hazard Perry Class (Flight V, Long Hull, LAMPS III modified) Guided Missile Frigate Keel Laid 30 March 1987 - Launched & Christened 25 June 1988 USS INGRAHAM FFG-61 Commissioned 5 August 1989 Decommissioning Ceremony 12 November 2014 Officially Decommissioned 30 January 2015 Sunk in Hawaiian Islands Operating Area - SINKEX 15 August 2021

Naval Covers

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1. USS Ingraham FFG-61 Covers Page 1    (1988-2015)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC F "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-20

1989-08-05

First Day in Commission, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2ty(n+) "AT SEA"

1991-10-31

Ship's cachet

 

Locy Type 2-2mt(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96668-1515)

1996-06-10

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-2t(n+) (FPO/96668-1515)

1989-12-12

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-2t(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96668-1515)

1994-09-03

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-2tn+ (USS, FPO AP 96668-1515)

2013-11-16

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Locy Type 9(n+)y ("FF 61," "AT SEA")

1991-10-25

Ship's cachet. Notice the "G" is missing in the designation in the postmark.

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+)(USS)

1989-12-12

Notice one "S" is missing in the "USS in the postmark.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-20a

1993-08-03

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial "Last Day / In Commission Sta." Everett WA

2015-01-30

Decommissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

USS INGRAHAM FFG-61 earned the following awards during her Naval career - Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon w/ 1 star, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4 awards), Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 3 stars, National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 1 star, Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 star, Global War On Terror Expeditionary Service Medal w/ 4 stars, Global War On Terror Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 12 stars and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait).

NAMESAKE - Captain Duncan Ingraham (December 6 1802 – October 16 1891).
Ingraham was an officer in the United States Navy who later served in the Confederate States Navy.

There have been four ships of the US Navy that have borne the name INGRAHAM - USS Ingraham DD-111 (1919-1922), USS Ingraham DD-444 (1941-1942), USS Ingraham DD-694 (1944-1971) and USS Ingraham FFG-61.

 

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