Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.


NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive

DD-141 / DMS-18 / AG-111 Hamilton


Wickes Class Destroyer: Laid down Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo CA; Launched 15 January 1919; Commissioned USS Hamilton, Destroyer No. 141, 7 November 1919; Designated (DD-141) 17 July 1920; Decommissioned 20 July 1922 at San Diego CA; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Recommissioned 20 January 1930; Reclassified and converted to High Speed Minesweeper (DMS-18), 17 October 1940; Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG-111), 6 May 1945; Decommissioned 16 October 1945 at San Diego CA; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 21 November 1946 to Hugo New, New York NY.

Specifications: Displacement 1,090 t.; Length 314' 4"; Beam 30' 10" ; Draft 9' 2"; Speed 34 kts; Complement 103; Armament four 4", two 3", three .30 cal mg, one dcp; Propulsion, four White-Foster boilers, two Parsons turbines, 24,200 SHP at 35kts.
Click On Image
For Full Size Image
Size Image Description Contributed
By
Hamilton 108k - -

View the Hamilton (DMS-18)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site. The main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Reunions Magazine
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource Destroyer Pages, USS Hamilton (DD-141)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Mine Warfare Ship Photo Index Back To The High Speed Minesweeper (DMS) Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
© 2004, Joseph M. Radigan © 1996 - 2004 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.