Remembering the USS Ingraham

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  • PORTLAND, Ore. (June 7, 2012) The guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) arrives at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Ore., to kick off Portland Rose Festival Fleet Week 2012. Navy warships have been coming to the City of Roses since USS Charleston’s visit in 1907. Portland’s Rose Festival is an opportunity for the Navy to raise awareness about the purpose of naval forces and sustain the strong relationship with the community. U.S. Third Fleet leads naval forces in the Eastern Pacific from the West Coast of North America to the international date line and provides realistic, relevant training necessary for an effective global Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Phillip Pavlovich/Released)
  • Ship’s Serviceman Seaman Gary Luu, from Beaverton, Ore., greets his son following a deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61). Ingraham is scheduled to be decommissioned Nov. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Eric J. Harrison/Released)
  • PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 16, 2014) – USS Ingraham (FFG 61) based out of Naval Station Everett sails in formation with two Peruvian Naval vessel during this years UNITAS 2014 PHOTO-EX. UNITAS is the U.S. Navy’s longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise, held September 12-26. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd class Adam Henderson/Released)
  • VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA, Panama (Jan. 17, 2012) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus speaks to the crew aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) during a port visit in Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Panama. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Gunner’s Mate Walton G. Ciferri/Released)
  • The guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) fires its Mark 75 three-inch gun during a live-fire exercise Sept. 18, 2014, in the Pacific Ocean as part of Unitas 55-14. Unitas, Latin for “unity,” is an annual multinational naval exercise designed to enhance security cooperation and improve coalition operations between South American and U.S. maritime forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adam Henderson/Released)
  • PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 14, 2012) – Sailors man the number one hose team aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) during a simulated emergency flight quarters drill. Ingraham is on a five-month deployment in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility supporting Operation MARTILLO. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Gunner’s Mate Walton Ciferri)
  • PACIFIC OCEAN (May 18, 2014) — A U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment and USS Ingraham capture a semi-submersible vessel packed with $107 million worth of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
  • U.S. Navy Diver 3rd Class Joshua Ludlow dives into the water to perform work on the hull of the guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG-61) March 6, 2014, at Naval Station Everett, Wash. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeffry A. Willadsen/Released)
  • Sailors aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham haul in lines to get underway for a scheduled deployment at Naval Station Everett. Ingraham is the last American Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate to be built, and is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Capt. Duncan Ingraham. (Photo by: Seaman Ryan Riley)
  • Seaman Cody Groce, operations specialist, tracks surface contacts using an SPA-25 radar repeater on the bridge of the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham while commanding officer Cmdr. Richard Odom scans the horizon with binoculars. Ingraham is part of the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility and is working with coalition forces to maintain a naval and air presence in the region to deter destabilizing activities and safeguard the region’s vital links to the global economy.
  • Cmdr. Rick Odom (right), pins Cmdr. Matthew Ovios with the Command-at-Sea pin during a change of command ceremony aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham.
  • Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Christian Anton, a landing signalman enlisted, gives hand signals to the pilot of an SH-60B Seahawk attached to the “Battle Cats” of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light 43 during flight operations aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham. Ingraham is part of the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group.
  • U.S. Sailors heave around mooring lines aboard the guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) in preparation for getting underway from Callao, Peru, Sept. 16, 2014, to participate in Unitas 55-14. Unitas, Latin for “unity,” is an annual multinational naval exercise designed to enhance security cooperation and improve coalition operations between South American and U.S. maritime forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd class Adam Henderson/Released)
  • The guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) departs after celebrating Fleet Week in Portland, Ore., during the 105th annual Rose Festival. Navy warships have been coming to the City of Roses since USS Charleston’s visit in 1907. Portland’s Rose Festival is an opportunity for the Navy to raise awareness about the purpose of naval forces and sustain the strong relationship with the community. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Scott A. McCall/Released)
  • EVERETT, Wash. (Oct. 30, 2014) The guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) prepares to moor at Naval Station Everett following a deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. Ingraham is scheduled to be decommissioned Nov. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Eric J. Harrison/Released) 141030-N-AI901-002
  • In a Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 photo, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses a crowd gathered for the decommissioning ceremony of the USS Ingraham, a guided-missile frigate, at Naval Station Everett in Everett, Wash. The frigate returned last month from its final mission, a seven-month deployment with a multinational force fighting illegal drug trafficking in Central American waters. It will be towed to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton and dismantled for scrap. (AP Photo/The Herald, Ian Terry)
  • In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks to the crew of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class Frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) during the ship’s decommissioning ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 in Everett, Wash. The 408-foot vessel was the last of 51 Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates constructed during a Cold War buildup (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffry A. Willadsen, Released)
  • This photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a Sailor assigned to the Oliver Hazard Perry-class Frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) lowers the Navy Jack for the last time during the ship’s decommissioning ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 in Everett, Wash. The 408-foot vessel was the last of 51 Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates constructed during a Cold War buildup (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffry A. Willadsen, Released)
  • In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Capt. William M. Triplett, commander, Destroyer Squadron Nine salutes the Color Guard during a decommissioning ceremony for the Oliver Hazard Perry-class Frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 in Everett, Wash. The 408-foot vessel was the last of 51 Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates constructed during a Cold War buildup (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin A. Johndro, Released)