Royal R. Ingersoll

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name = Royal Rodney Ingersoll
born = Birth date |1847|12|4
died = Death date and age |1931|4|21 |1847|12|4
placeofbirth = Niles, Michigan
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allegiance = United States of America
serviceyears = 1868–1909
rank = Rear Admiral
branch = United States Navy
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Rear Admiral Royal Rodney Ingersoll (4 December 1847 – 21 April 1931) was a United States Navy officer whose career extended from the late 1860s through World War I.

Ingersoll was born in Niles, Michigan on 4 December 1847 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1868. He served in various ships of the fleet on the European and Asiatic Squadrons until 1876 when he was assigned to the Naval Academy.

He taught and wrote about ordnance subjects during several tours at the Academy, and in the early years of the 20th century commanded such ships as "Bennington" (PG-4), "New Orleans" (CL-22), and "Maryland" (ACR-8).

Ingersoll was Chief of Staff of the Atlantic Fleet during the first part of the Great White Fleet's famous cruise around the world, and served in 1908 as a member of the General Board.

Rear Admiral Ingersoll retired in 1909, but was called back to duty during World War I as President of the Naval Ordnance Board. In 1919 he returned to his home in La Porte, Indiana, where he was active in public affairs until his death on 21 April 1931 at age 83.

His son, Admiral Royal Eason Ingersoll (1883–1976), commanded the US Atlantic Fleet during World War II.

In 1943, the destroyer USS "Ingersoll" (DD-652) was named in honor of R.Adm. Ingersoll and his grandson, Lieutenant Royal R. Ingersoll II (1913–1942), who had died in the Battle of Midway.

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