USS Ingersoll (DD-990)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Ingersoll.

USS Ingersoll (DD-990) underway off Southern California, 13 May 1982.
History
United States
Namesake	Royal E. Ingersoll
Ordered	15 January 1975
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	5 December 1977
Launched	10 March 1979
Acquired	24 March 1980
Commissioned	12 April 1980
Decommissioned	24 July 1998
Stricken	24 July 1998
Motto	Cognitus Eventu (Known By The Results)
Fate	Sunk as a target, 29 July 2003
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General characteristics
Class and type	Spruance class destroyer
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Length	Template:Spruance class destroyer length
Beam	Template:Spruance class destroyer beam
Draft	Template:Spruance class destroyer draft
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Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-40 air search radar AN/SPG-60 fire control radar AN/SPS-55 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar Mark 23 TAS automatic detection and tracking radar AN/SPS-65 missile fire control radar AN/SQS-53 bow-mounted active sonar AN/SQR-19 TACTAS towed array passive sonar Naval Tactical Data System
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures Mark 36 SRBOC decoy launching system AN/SLQ-49 inflatable decoys
Armament	Template:Spruance class destroyer armament ABL
Aircraft carried	Template:Spruance class destroyer aircraft

USS Ingersoll (DD-990), a Spruance-class destroyer, was the second U.S. Navy ship to be named USS Ingersoll; in this case, in honor of Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll (1883–1976), who served as CINC, Atlantic Fleet during most of World War II.

Ingersoll was laid down on 5 December 1977 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss.; launched on 10 March 1979; and commissioned on 12 April 1980, Commander E. R. Fickenscher III in command.

Ingersoll was first homeported in San Diego, CA, then Long Beach, CA (for overhaul) and then Pearl Harbor.

Ingersoll was one of the first US Navy ships to receive the Armored Box Launcher version of the Tomahawk cruise missile system in 1985. This early variant of the missile system held up to four missiles in each of two canisters located directly forward of the pilothouse on the fore deck. However, this system proved to be very heavy and affected the ship's seakeeping. The much more capable Vertical Launch missile system quickly made the Armored Box Launcher obsolete.

Collision

On 20 June 1992 while transiting the Straights of Malacca, Ingersoll collided with M/V Matsumi Maru No. 7, a Pakistani oil tanker. Flooding was minimal and Ingersoll was able to reach port in Singapore. After temporary repairs, Ingersoll returned to Pearl Harbor where it completed repairs and began overhaul.

Fate

Though Ingersoll was one of the newest ships of the Spruance class, it was one of the earliest to be decommissioned. The cost to remove the Armored Box Launcher system and retrofit the Vertical Launching System likely contributed to the ship's early decommissioning. Ingersoll was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on 24 July 1998. She was sunk as a target on 29 July 2003.

Awards

• Navy Unit Commendation - (Ocy 1997-Apr 1998)
• Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - (Nov 1984-May 1985, May-Sep 1992)
• Southwest Asia Service Medal - (Apr-Jul 1991)
• Humanitarian Service Medal - (11 Oct 1981)

References

•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links

• navsource.org: USS Ingersoll
• navysite.de: USS Ingersoll
• Ingersoll veterans website