USS Hamilton (DD-141)
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| Namesake: | Lieutenant Archibald Hamilton (1790-1815) |
| Builder: | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 8 June 1918 |
| Launched: | 15 January 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 7 November 1919 to 20 July 1922 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 July 1922 |
| Recommissioned: | 20 January 1930 |
| Decommissioned: | 16 October 1945 |
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| Struck: | 1 November 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 21 November 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Wickes class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,090 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 113 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns, 3 x .30 cal (7.62 mm), 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
The second USS Hamilton (DD–141) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I, later reclassified DMS-18 for service in World War II. She was the first ship named for Lieutenant Archibald Hamilton.
Hamilton was launched 15 January 1919 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard; sponsored by Miss Dolly Hamilton Hawkins, great-grand-niece of Archibald Hamilton; and commissioned 7 November 1919, Lieutenant Commander R. G. Coman in command.
Based at San Diego, Hamilton participated in battle practice and maneuvers along the California coast with Destroyer Squadron 17. In the summer of 1920 she also took part in torpedo and smoke screen operations in Hawaii. Battle practice and other readiness operations ranging across the Pacific to Hawaii continued until Hamilton decommissioned at San Diego 20 July 1922.
Hamilton recommissioned 20 January 1930 and, after shakedown, reached her new home port, Norfolk, 26 November. She served with the Scouting Force, operating along the East Coast throughout 1931, and then returned to San Diego in January 1932. After a year of plane guard duty and battle exercises along the California coast, Hamilton again shifted to the East Coast, reaching Norfolk 29 January 1933. Based at Newport, Rhode Island, she served with the Scouting Force in local operations and exercises.
In 1938 an activated-tank stabilization system designed by Nicolas Minorsky was tested in the Hamilton but exhibited control stability problems. Outbreak of World War II in Europe in the fall of 1939 interrupted further development as the Hamilton was called to active duty.Hamilton joined other four-stackers on the Grand Banks Patrol, which sent American ships as far north as Iceland and Greenland to protect their own and neutral shipping. Hamilton continued this duty until converted to a fast minesweeper in June 1941. Reclassified DMS-18 on 17 October 1941, she resumed patrol duty along the East Coast and into the North Atlantic.
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