| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Wickes |
| Pennant | DMS 18 |
| Built by | Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 8 Jun 1918 |
| Launched | 15 Jan 1919 |
| Commissioned | 7 Nov 1919 |
| End service | 16 Oct 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 20 July 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Hamilton (DMS 18)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Thomas Cockey Evans, USN | 1939 | ??? | |
| 2 | Cdr. Robert Roy Sampson, USN | 1944 | ??? | |
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Noteable events involving Hamilton include:
5 Apr 1942
USS Hamilton picks up 25 survivors from the American tanker Byron D. Benson that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-552 off Currituck Inlet, North Carolina in position 36.08N, 75.32W.