Guided Missile Destroyer
DDG 60 - USS Paul Hamilton
Type, Class:		Guided Missile Destroyer; Arleigh Burke - class / Flight I; planned and built as DDG 60
Builder:		Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA
STATUS:		Awarded: February 22, 1990 Laid down: August 25, 1992 Launched: July 24, 1993 Commissioned: May 27, 1995 ACTIVE UNIT/ in commission (Pacific Fleet)
Homeport:		Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA
Namesake:		Named after and in honor of Paul Hamilton (1762 - 1819) > see history, below;
Ship's Motto:		THE COURAGE TO PREVAIL
Technical Data: (Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)		see: INFO > Arleigh Burke - class Guided Missile Destroyer
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Paul Hamilton
Namesake & History:
Paul Hamilton (October 16, 1762 – June 30, 1819): 3rd Secretary of the Navy (1809 – 1812)
Born on 16 October 1762 in Saint Paul's Parish, South Carolina, Paul Hamilton was the son of Archibald and Rebecca (Brandford) Hamilton. At the young age of 16, Paul Hamilton fought under Generals Gates, Marion, and Harden during the American Revolution. Paul Hamilton was the nation's third Secretary of the Navy, serving under President James Madison from 1809 to 1813. As Secretary of the Navy he was a strong proponent of military preparedness, especially sea fortifications. Although he wanted to strengthen the Navy, he found the Congress hostile and the President indifferent to his ideas. One of his greatest achievements under his tenure was the passage of the Naval Hospitals Act of 1811. In 1813 he resigned his post as Secretary of the Navy. Prior to his appointment as Secretary, he served the state of South Carolina in a number of public offices, including State Senator, 1794, 1798-1799, Comptroller of Finance, 1800-1804, as well as Governor of South Carolina, 1804-1806. On 10 October 1782 he married Mary Wilkinson. Paul Hamilton died on 30 June 1819 in Beaufort, South Carolina.
USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60):
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