ALEXANDER HAMILTON WPG 34

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Treasury Class Cutter Keel Laid 11 September 1935 - Launched 6 January 1937 USCGC ALEXANDER HAMILTON CGC-69 Commissioned 4 March 1937 USCGC HAMILTON CGC-69 Name shortened July 1937 Transferred to U.S. Navy 11 November 1941 USS HAMILTON WPG-34 Reclassified Patrol Gunboat (WPG) 27 December 1941 USS ALEXANDER HAMILTON WPG-34 Name restored 12 January 1942 SUNK (torpedoed) by German U-132 29 January 1942

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC Alexander Hamilton WPG-34 Covers Page 1     (Date)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-96

1941-08-25

Cover by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Barry DD-933

1977-01-29

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35th Anniversary of loss, cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington, serviced by Rich Hoffner and sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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Undated photo of the USCGC Alexander Hamilton.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804)
        Hamilton was a Founding Father of the United States, chief staff aide to General George Washington, one of the most influential interpreters and promoters of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the nation's financial system, the founder of the Federalist Party, the world's first voter-based political party, the Father of the United States Coast Guard, and the founder of The New York Post.

There have been five ships named in his honor - USS Alexander Hamilton (1871), USCGC Alexander Hamilton WPG-34, USS Alexander Hamilton SSBN-617,
USCGC Hamilton WHEC-715 and USCGC Hamilton WMSL-753.

 

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