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).