New London in New London County, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Coast Guard Cutter Alexander Hamilton

Photographed By Michael Herrick, August 30, 2022

1. Coast Guard Cutter Alexander Hamilton Marker

Inscription. United States Coast Guard Cutter
Alexander Hamilton On 29 January 1942, after successfully rescuing the USS Yukon from an angry winter storm and towing her through the high seas and U-boat infested waters of the North Atlantic, the Alexander Hamilton became the first American warship lost in the Atlantic after war with Germany was declared.

At 1312 hours a torpedo fired by the U-132 struck the Hamilton amidship, killing all but one of the men on watch in the boiler and engine rooms. Of the 213 men aboard, twenty six were killed and ten wounded.

This tribute is to the officers and crew of the Alexander Hamilton. It is dedicated to our shipmates who, their bodies never recovered, were the first US Coast Guard casualties in the declared war with Germany in the Battle of the Atlantic. Killed In Action Ludvig V. T. Sieck Chief Machinist · James B. Costigan WT1c · Joseph Emannuelli A.S. · Otto Libra CMM(a) · Michael T. Vas F1c · Ennis L. Roberts MM2c · Charles H. Fletcher SEA1c · Cecil T. Covington YEO3c · Herbert W. Yates MM2c · James B. McGrane WT2c · Livingston W. Brooks WT2c · Clarence J. Little F1c · Julian C. Booth F3c · George W. Reynolds CMM(a) · Clifford A. Lindsay F1c · Walter P. Zajac MM2c · Joseph F. Kment F3c · Nicholas T. Holubec

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F3c · John E. McKinney F3c · Nick Sabelli MM2c

Died Of Wounds George J. Holl SM3c · Bruce E. Davis MM1c · John Capporelli SEA1c · Elwood Musselwhite A.S. · Robert B. Learner SEA2c · Teddy Wagda SEA2c

Presented by the Alexander Hamilton Survivors Association
September 1993

Erected 1993 by the Alexander Hamilton Survivors Association.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Lost at Sea series list.

Location. 41° 22.509′ N, 72° 6.084′ W. Marker is in New London, Connecticut, in New London County. Memorial can be reached from Mohegan Ave. Pkwy. north of Williams Street, on the right when traveling north. Located next to the Coast Guard Memorial near the museum on the campus of the United States Coast Guard Academy. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 31 Mohegan Ave Pkwy, New London CT 06320, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The United States Coast Guard Greenland Patrol (here, next to this marker); In Tribute to the Officers and Enlisted Men (here, next to this marker); US Coast Guard Memorial (here, next to this marker); Well Done

Photographed By Michael Herrick, August 30, 2022

2. Coast Guard Cutter Alexander Hamilton Marker

(here, next to this marker); The Chain (within shouting distance of this marker); USCG Mojave (W-47) (within shouting distance of this marker); Douglas Munro Hall (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Academy Plaza (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New London.

Also see . . .
1. USCGC Alexander Hamilton (Wikipedia). (Submitted on September 2, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. The United States Coast Guard Academy. (Submitted on September 2, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
3. United States Coast Guard Academy (Wikipedia). (Submitted on September 2, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Monuments near the Coast Guard Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael Herrick, August 30, 2022

3. Monuments near the Coast Guard Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on November 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 121 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 2, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.