Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Wickes |
Pennant | DMS 18 |
Mod | High speed minesweeper |
Built by | Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 8 Jun 1918 |
Launched | 15 Jan 1919 |
Commissioned | 7 Nov 1919 |
End service | 16 Oct 1945 |
History | Decommissioned on 20 July 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Hamilton (DMS 18)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Thomas Cockey Evans, USN | 10 May 1938 | 17 Jul 1940 (1) |
2 | Harold Melvin Briggs, USN | 17 Jul 1940 | 21 Jan 1941 |
3 | Lt.Cdr. Harold Oscar Larson, USN | 21 Jan 1941 | 19 Jun 1942 |
4 | T/Lt.Cdr. Robert Roy Sampson, USN | 19 Jun 1942 | 30 Jun 1944 (1) |
5 | John Clague, USNR | 30 Jun 1944 | 13 Jul 1945 |
6 | Lyle Howard Turner, USNR | 13 Jul 1945 | 16 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Hamilton include:
5 Apr 1942
USS Hamilton picks up 25 survivors from the American tanker Byron D. Benson that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-552 off Currituck Inlet, North Carolina in position 36°08'N, 75°32'W.
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