USS Hamilton (1809)

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USS Hamilton (1809)

Coordinates: 43°18′27″N 79°18′26″W / 43.30750°N 79.30722°W

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History
The sail-plan of USS Hamilton.
United States
Name	USS Hamilton
Namesake	Paul Hamilton
Launched	1809
Acquired	21 October 1812
Renamed	From Diana to Hamilton 5 November 1812
Fate	Foundered 8 August 1813
General characteristics
Type	Schooner
Tons burthen	76
Length	112 ft (34 m)^[1]
Complement	50
Armament	1 × 32 pounder 8 × 12 pound carronades^[2]
Notes	42 lost;^[3] 8 saved

The first USS Hamilton was a United States Navy schooner which served on Lake Ontario from 1812 to 1813 during the War of 1812.

Hamilton was built at Oswego, New York, as the merchant ship Diana in 1809 for the merchant Matthew McNair. On 21 October 1812, the U.S. Navy purchased Diana for use on Lake Ontario. Diana was based at Sackets Harbor, New York. Her name was changed to USS Hamilton on 5 November 1812, in honor of the United States Secretary of the Navy Paul Hamilton (1762–1816).^[4]

Hamilton was not a large or specialized warship; instead, she was a simple ship that was pressed into U.S. Navy service.^[4] With the conversion of Hamilton to a man-of-war problems came up such as the decks not being strong enough to carry naval guns and the bulwarks not being high enough to provide enough protection for the gun crews.^[4] Nonetheless, the 76 tons burthen Hamilton was armed with eight 12-pounder carronades and one swiveling 24-or 32-pounder "Long Tom" cannon mounted amidships.

Hamilton, under the command of a Lieutenant Walter Winter, and the schooner USS Scourge sank during a sudden squall off Fourteen Mile Creek near present-day Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, around 2:00 a.m. on 8 August 1813.^[4] Sixteen men survived from the two ships, but the sinkings took more than 80 men to their deaths.^[5] Ned Myers, a survivor of Scourge, told his story to James Fenimore Cooper;^[6] according to Myers, about eight men from Hamilton were saved and about 42 were lost.

The site of the sunken ships was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1976.^[7]^[8] The Ontario Heritage Act was amended in 2005 to provide special protection to the wrecks of Hamilton and Scourge because of their historical and cultural significance and because they contain human remains.^[9]

References

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^ US NAvy Source
^ According to website at
^ 32 known names are listed of the crew of the USS Hamilton at the cenotaph memorial at Hamilton Ontario, Canada
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Hamilton-Scourge web site". Archived from the original on 25 February 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2007.
^ Brannan, John (1823). Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States, During the War with Great Britain in the Years 1812, 13, 14, & 15. Way & Gideon. pp. 195–196. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Schooners Hamilton and Scourge.
^ Cooper, James Fenimore (1843). Ned Myers: Or, A Life Before the Mast. Lea and Blanchard. p. 74. Retrieved 26 April 2015. ned myers.
^ Hamilton and Scourge, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
^ Hamilton and Scourge, National Register of Historic Places
^ Blake, Erica (8 February 2006). "Fitzgerald wreck site gets added protection". The Blade. Toledo, Ohio. Archived from the original on 24 February 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2011.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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Shipwrecks	1 Jan: Euphrates, HMS Java 7 Jan: HMS Ferret 17 Jan: Teazer 27 Jan: Daring January (unknown date): William Dent 6 Feb: Rubis 28 Feb: HMS Peacock (sinking) 22 Mar: HMS Captain 1 Apr: USS Gallatin 8 Apr: Unity 27 Apr: HMS Sir Isaac Brock 11 May: Holkar 16 May: Lord Wellington 20 May: HMS Algerine 27 May: HMS Sir Isaac Brock 28 May: York, USS General Pike 26 Jun: HMS Persian 27 Jun: Young Teazer 2 Jul: HMS Daedalus 5 Jul: Caledonian 23 Jul: Bootle, Teazer July (unknown date): HMS Herring 8 Aug: USS Hamilton, USS Scourge 23 Aug: HMS Colibri 9 Sep: HMS Alphea 11 Sep: HMS Woolwich 27 Sep: HMS Bold 20 Oct: Charming Kitty, Queen Charlotte October (unknown date): Sir Godfrey Webster, HMS Vautour 12 Nov: HMS Canso, HMS Epervier, HMS Fantome, HMS La Hogue, Paragon, Princess Mary, HMS San Domingo 13 Nov: HMS Canso, HMS Epervier, HMS Fantome, HMS La Hogue, HMS Manly, HMS San Domingo 2 Dec: USS Lady of the Lake, USS Madison 5 Dec: John O'Gaunt 20 Dec: Tartar December (unknown date): Antoinetta
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