USCGC Ingham (WHEC-25) - Key West, Florida

The USCGC Ingham (WHEC-25), a 327-foot Secretary-class Coast Guard Cutter that was christened & launched on June 3, 1935, is one of two surviving members of the seven-vessel class with the other being the National Historic Landmark Taney in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ingham alone represents the other six vessels of the class, all participants in the Battle of the Atlantic (the longest continuous military campaign in World War II that ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of WWII). Prior to the United States entry in the war, Ingham patrolled the same waters as a member of the Neutrality Patrol and is the last surviving warship to have served on the Neutrality Patrol, a significant and early American naval response to the Second World War. Members of the Secretary class were critical participants in the United States' combat response to the German U-Boat threat. Ingham escorted 17 convoys across the North Atlantic, sinking U-626 in 1942. The cutter was also the last U.S. warship to sink a U-Boat during the war. Ingham then escorted 12 Mediterranean convoys and two Caribbean convoys, earning the Presidential Unit Citation. It is the only Coast Guard ship to receive this honor. Ingham was then transferred to amphibious assault flagship duty in the Pacific and spearheaded the liberation of Corregidor and other Philippine territory. After the war, Ingham spent a long career at sea in weather patrol, search-and-rescue, and law enforcement activities that exemplify Coast Guard service. The cutter returned to combat in 1968-1969 when she served off Vietnam during Operations Market Time, Swift Raider, and Sea Lords, again earning the Presidential Unit Citation. When decommissioned on May 27, 1988, Ingham was the oldest commissioned U.S. warship afloat at that time.

Today the Ingham is a floating museum exhibit vessel in Key West, Florida as seen above. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on April 27, 1992. All the information above was found in the original documents submitted for listing consideration found here:
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/e9d4f341-f767-4e0a-a8e...

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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Taken in: United States / Florida / Key West (show map)

Taken on: May 16, 2014

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Camera: Nikon D5200, f/6.3, 18mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5200
Aperture:	f/6.3
Focal Length:	18mm
ISO:	100
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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