Hamlin, 1866

Jan. 26, 2021
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Hamlin (Hannibal Hamlin), 1866


Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), served as a Representative, Governor of Maine, Senator from Maine and as President Abraham Lincoln's Vice President from 1861-1865.  He served as the Collector of the Port of Boston from 1865-1866.  He was born at Paris Hill, Oxford County, Maine.


Built: Boston, MA

Cost:  $15,500

Machinery: 22" diameter x  20" stroke

Length: 85'

Beam: 18'

Draft: 7'

Displacement: 65 tons

Keel Laid: Unknown

Launched: 1864

Acquired:  12 December 1866

Decommissioned: 31 May 1899

Complement: 10

Armament: 1 gun


Cutter History:

Formerly Mills, Hamlin was purchased by the Boston customs collector for $15,500. On 11 January 1867 her name was changed to Hannibal Hamlin. She was a harbor vessel in Boston for her service life and sold for $321 on 28 August 1899.


Sources:

Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995.

U.S. Coast Guard.  Record of Movements: Vessels of the United States Coast Guard: 1790 - December 31, 1933.  Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934; 1989 (reprint).