The
USS Ingraham (FFG-61), the last American to be built, was the fourth ship of the
United States Navy to be named for Captain
Duncan Ingraham (1802–1891).
The USS
Ingraham was laid down on 30 March 1987 at the
Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Los Angeles Division,
San Pedro, California. She was
launched on 25 June 1988.
,
Ingraham is commanded by CDR Matthew Ovios, USN, is homeported at
NS Everett,
Washington, and is assigned to Destroyer Squadron 9.
On 6 January 2008, the destroyer USS , the
guided-missile cruiser USS , and the frigate USS
Ingraham were entering the
Persian Gulf through the
Strait of Hormuz when five
Iranian motor boats approached them at high speed and in a reportedly threatening manner. The American ships had been in the
Arabian Sea searching for a sailor who had been missing from the USS
Hopper for one day. The
U.S. Navy reported that the Iranian boats made "threatening" moves toward the U.S. vessels, coming as close as . The U.S. Navy ships received a radio transmission saying, "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes." While the American ships prepared to open fire, the Iranians abruptly turned away, the U.S. Navy officials said. Before leaving, the Iranians dropped white boxes into the water in front of the American ships. The American ships did not investigate the boxes. Officials from the two countries differed on their assessments of the severity of the incident. The Iranians claimed that they were conducting normal maneuvers, whereas American officials claimed that an imminent danger to American naval vessels existed.
On 29 September 2009, the
Ingraham was sent to
American Samoa to assist in the recovery efforts following the 2009 Samoa
earthquake.
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