DD–990 · SPRUANCE-CLASS DESTROYER

USS Ingersoll

United States Navy · 1980–1998

Named for Admiral Royal Eason Ingersoll.
Built for service with the Pacific Fleet.

The Mustang keys

Ingersoll underway · SPRUCAN collection

THE SHIP

Eighteen years of service.

Built at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Launched 10 March 1979. Commissioned 12 April 1980.

Commissioned: 12 Apr 1980
Decommissioned: 24 Jul 1998
Length · class baseline: 563 ft 4 in
Beam · class baseline: 55 ft
Propulsion: 4 × LM2500 turbines
Power / shafts: 80,000 shp / 2

THE SHIP AT A GLANCE

Armored box launchers

Tomahawk missiles were carried in two armored box launchers (ABLs). This ship did not receive the Mk 41 VLS conversion. ASROC equipment and other fittings should be read in the context of the photograph’s date.

Equipment changed during each ship’s service. This is a later-service summary; photographs may show earlier configurations.

Shared design, individual service

Two 5-inch/54 Mk 45 guns; Harpoon; NATO Sea Sparrow; torpedo tubes; Phalanx close-in defense in later service.

Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding at Pascagoula, Mississippi. The class combined gas-turbine propulsion, helicopter facilities, and an emphasis on antisubmarine warfare.

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THE NAMESAKE

Admiral Royal Eason Ingersoll

1883–1976

USS Ingersoll (DD-990) was named for the admiral who commanded the U.S. Atlantic Fleet during World War II. A 1905 Naval Academy graduate, he later commanded the Western Sea Frontier, overseeing coastal shipping protection and the movement of supplies through West Coast ports.

The earlier USS Ingersoll (DD-652) honored his father, Rear Admiral Royal Rodney Ingersoll, and his son, Lieutenant Royal Rodney Ingersoll II. DD-990 carried the same ship name but honored a different member of the family.

U.S. Naval Academy: Admiral Ingersoll · Wikipedia: DD-990

ORIGIN & SERVICE

From Pascagoula to the Pacific.

Ingalls Shipbuilding built Ingersoll at Pascagoula, Mississippi. Her service included homeports at San Diego and Pearl Harbor, with an overhaul period at Long Beach. She carried Tomahawk missiles in armored box launchers, one of the configurations that distinguished her from the class’s later VLS-equipped ships.

10 March 1979: Launched at Pascagoula.
12 April 1980: Commissioned into the U.S. Navy.
24 July 1998: Decommissioned and stricken.
29 July 2003: Sunk as a target north-northwest of Kauai, Hawaii.

Ship history: DD-990 · NavSource ship record

LIFE ABOARD

The people. The work.
The everyday memories.

Faces and familiar spaces from the Ingersoll collection. Select any photograph to see it on its own.

Central Control Station - Engineering Department

“flight quarters, flight quarters” - Easy Rider 53

Selected from the collection’s 1992 cruise-book materials. Captions include identifications and recollections supplied by SPRUCAN’s creator.

OFF WATCH

There was life beyond the watch.

“Ingersoll Devils” - Like Old Ironsides, undefeated.

“Who let the snipes out?” - Sand surfing in the Gulf.

From the same cruise-book collection. Captions supplied by SPRUCAN’s creator.

THE RECORD · NHHC ARCHIVE

USS Ingersoll in the archival record

SPRUCAN preserves high-resolution source material separately from the web derivatives presented here. These images were acquired from the Naval History and Heritage Command as part of SPRUCAN's continuing effort to document the Spruance class.

USS Ingersoll archival image DN-SN-89-05621 — **DN-SN-89-05621**
Naval History and Heritage Command archival image.

USS Ingersoll archival image NH-91010 — **NH-91010**
Naval History and Heritage Command archival image.

USS Ingersoll archival image NH-91011 — **NH-91011**
Naval History and Heritage Command archival image.

Archival record identifiers are retained with each image. Individual dates, locations, and descriptions are being verified against authoritative source metadata.