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.

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 ABL system and retrofit the VLS 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.

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  • Ian Bell April 18, 2017 at 1:46pm

    I recently joined this group. I went to the cruise book for "84-"85 and saw pictures of both members, I was stationed from "80-"85 and made the first 3 WES-PACs.

  • Eric B Russell February 27, 2017 at 6:32pm
    I was stationed with Gary Toth onboard Ingersoll from 1983 to 1985. Westpac 84-85 with the Carl Vinson Battle group Charlie. Great times in the P.I.,Hawaii, Hong Kong, Sasebo Japan, Diego Garcia and Perth Western Austrailia. Great group of Radiomen and Capt. Amerau.
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