National Historic Landmark · United States Coast Guard cutter · Key West, Florida

Ingham (uscgc)

United States Coast Guard Cutter in Key West, Florida. Added to the National Register in 1992, and a National Historic Landmark.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35)

USCGC Ingham (WPG/WAGC/WHEC-35) is one of only two preserved Treasury-class United States Coast Guard Cutters. Originally Samuel D. Ingham, she was the fourth cutter to be named for Treasury Secretary Samuel D. Ingham. She was the most decorated vessel in the Coast Guard fleet and was the only cutter to ever be awarded two Presidential Unit Citations.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressEast quay at the Truman Waterfront (at the end of Southard St.), Key West, FL
CountyMonroe County
ListedApr 27, 1992
Reference number92001879
Type of placeUnited States Coast Guard cutter
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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Access not on record
AddressEast quay at the Truman Waterfront (at the end of Southard St.), Key West, FL
Coordinates24.55159, -81.80770 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitDry Tortugas National Park · 67 mi · on Park Atlas
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 92001879. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.