USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35)

USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35)
History
United States
Name	Samuel D. Ingham Ingham (May 1937)
Namesake	Samuel D. Ingham
Awarded	30 January 1934
Builder	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Laid down	1 May 1935
Launched	3 June 1936
Sponsored by	Katherine Ingham Brush
Commissioned	12 September 1936
Decommissioned	27 May 1988
Reclassified	WPG-35 (1 July 1941) WAGC-35 (24 July 1944) WHEC-35 (1 May 1965)
Motto	Never too old to serve
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Displacement	2,700 long tons (2,700 t)
Length	327 ft (100 m)
Beam	41 ft (12 m)
Installed power	2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 6,200 hp (4,600 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Westinghouse double reduction geared steam turbine engines 2 × Propellers
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	8,270 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	Depending on the time period: 1 to 4 × 5" (127 mm)/38 caliber Mk.30[1] 2 × 5" (127 mm)/51 caliber 2 × 6-pounder saluting guns varying numbers of .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns
Aircraft carried	originally 1 Grumman Duck seaplane, later removed
USCGC Ingham
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Ingham preserved in Key West.
Location	Key West, Florida
Coordinates	24°33′08.1″N 81°48′27.7″W / 24.552250°N 81.807694°W / 24.552250; -81.807694
Built	1935
Architect	US Coast Guard; Philadelphia Navy Yard
NRHP reference No.	92001879
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	27 April 1992[2]
Designated NHL	27 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.