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No Photo Available	-	Archibald Hamilton was the son of Paul Hamilton, Secretary of the Navy from 7 March 1809 to 31 December 1812. Archibald was appointed Midshipman 18 May 1809 and assigned to work with a new kind of hollow shot needed by frigate President. He next sailed for Europe in John Adams 31 January 1811 carrying dispatches for American officers in the Mediterranean. On his return to the United States, Archibald Hamilton was assigned to United States on which he won high commendation from his commanding officer, Commodore Stephen Decatur, for gallantry in action during the capture of British frigate Macedonian, 25 October 1812. Decatur selected him to bear the captured British flags to Washington. Appointed Acting Lieutenant 21 December 1812 and Lieutenant 24 July 1813, Hamilton served with distinction throughout the War of 1812 only to be killed shortly after the Treaty of Ghent had formally ended the war. Because of the slow communications of the day word of peace had not reached New York by 15 January 1815 when frigate President, carrying Hamilton, ran the blockade out of that port. The next day British men-of-war Endymion, Pomone and Tenedos overtook and captured President after a long and bloody running fight in which Hamilton was killed.		Robert M. Cieri
	605k	Undated, the crew of the USS Hamilton (DD-141).		Lary Haggard
	162k	USS Hamilton (DD 141) and USS Claxton (DD 140) on the building ways on July 16 1918 at Mare Island.		Darryl Baker
	92k	Circa 1918-1926, location unknown.		Jon Burdett
	177k	Mare Island Navy Yard, California, View looking south along the quay wall from Material Stores, to the north of the ferry slip, in mid-1919. The destroyers fitting out at left are, from outboard to inboard: USS Hamilton (Destroyer # 141); USS Claxton (Destroyer # 140); and USS Kennison (Destroyer # 138). Collection of William H. Topley. Courtesy of Charles M. Loring, 1971. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 74060.		Robert Hurst
	126k	Bow view of USS Hamilton (DD 141) with USS Claxton (DD 140) outboard at Mare Island on July 1, 1919.		Darryl Baker
	139k	Stern view of USS Hamilton (DD 141) with USS Claxton (DD 140) outboard at Mare Island on July 1, 1919.		Darryl Baker
	115k	Panoramic photograph of the Division's ships, taken by O.A.Tunnell in San Diego Harbour, California, probably on 14 August 1920. The ships are, from left to right: USS Kennison (DD-138); USS Claxton (DD-140); USS Ward (DD-139); USS Boggs (DD-136); and USS Hamilton (DD-141). The image is copied from the original print for Photo # NH106144. Donation of Rear Admiral Joe Stanton Thompson, USN (Retired), 2008. US Naval Historical Centre Photo # NH 106144-A.		Robert Hurst
	27k	Circa 1930's, location unknown.		Marc Piché
	131k	USS Hamilton (DD-141), At anchor, circa the 1930s. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 67681.		Robert Hurst
	159k	USS Hamilton (DD-141), In port, circa the 1930s. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #: NH 107422.		Robert Hurst
	109k	USS Hamilton (DD-141), Underway while employed in ordnance tests during the 1930s. Note that a torpedo tube has been installed in place of her forward 4"/50 gun. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 107421.		Robert Hurst
	133k	USS Hamilton (DD-141), Underway in New York Harbor, circa 1939-1940. Her forward boiler has been replaced with stabilization tanks for anti-rolling tests, leaving her with only three smokestacks. Color-tinted black & white photograph. Donation of the Lincoln County Museum, North Platte, Nebraska, 2010. Photo #: NH 107423-KN.		Robert Hurst
	109k	Undated, Seen here in her DMS configuration.		-

LCDR Robert Grimes Goman    Nov 7 1919 - ?
LCDR David Barney Cohen    ?
(Decommissioned Jul 20 1922 - Jan 20 1930)
LCDR George Hudson Fort    Jan 20 1930 - ? (Later VADM)
LCDR James Walter Whitfield    Jun 14 1931 - ?
LCDR Clarence Gulbranson    ? 1932 - ?
LCDR Arthur Elliot Bartlett    ? 1934 - ?
LCDR Lester Milburn Harvey    ? 1936 - ?
LCDR Thomas Cockey Evans    ? 1939 - ?
As the DMS-18
LCDR Harold Oscar Larson    ? - Jun 19 1942
LCDR Robert Roy Sampson    Jun 19 1942 - Jun 30 1944
LCDR John Clague     Jun 30 1944 - ?
As the AG-111
LT David J. Pikkaart    ? - Aug 1945

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