| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Clemson |
| Pennant | AVD 9 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 Oct 1918 |
| Launched | 28 Feb 1919 |
| Commissioned | 28 Jun 1919 |
| End service | 8 Jan 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Originally named Ingram changed to Osmond Ingram on 11 November 1919 Decommissioned on 24 June 1922 Reclassified as sea plane tender AVD-9 on 2 August 1940 Recommissioned on 22 November 1940 Classified back to destroyer DD-255 on 1 December 1943 Reclassified as high speed transport APD-35 on 22 June 1944 Decommissioned on 8 January 1946 Stricken on 21 January 1946 Sold to be broken up for scrap on 17 June 1946 |
| Former name | USS Ingram |
Commands listed for USS Osmond Ingram (AVD 9)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Paul Chester Treadwell, USN | 1941 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving Osmond Ingram include:
13 Dec 1943
The German submarine U-172 was sunk on 13 December 1943 in the mid-Atlantic after a 27 hour fight west of the Canary Islands, in position 26º29'N, 29º58'W, by depth charges and Fido homing torpedoes from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-19) of the American escort carrier USS Bogue and by some 200 depth charges from the US destroyers USS George E. Badger, USS Clemson, USS Osmond Ingram and USS Du Pont. (see map)