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Harry Gabriel Hamlet (27 August 1874–24 January 1954) served as the seventh Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, from 1932 to 1936.〔 ==Early life and career== Hamlet was born in Eastport, Maine and was the son of Captain Oscar G. Hamlet, an officer in the United States Revenue Cutter Service. Upon graduation from high school in Dorchester, Massachusetts, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.〔 He was appointed as one of twelve cadets to the recently reopened Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction on 12 April 1894 and received training aboard USRC ''Chase'', the school's newly refitted training cutter.〔〔Noble, p 30〕〔King, pp 165-166〕 After completion of training, Hamlet was commissioned as a third lieutenant on 27 April 1896 and was assigned to USRC ''Bear'' and served aboard her during the Overland Relief Expedition which involved the rescue of whalers trapped in Arctic ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.〔〔 Hamlet was promoted to second lieutenant on 11 August 1997.〔"Register of the Officers, Vessels, and Stations of the United States Coast Guard, 1915", pp 8–11〕 Hamlet reported aboard the newly reacquired USRC ''Thetis'' at Mare Island Navy Yard in 1899. After a refit, ''Thetis'' was assigned duty in Siberia to purchase reindeer for transport to Alaska.〔Record of Movements, p 39〕 The reindeer were to be used to start herds in Alaska which were to eventually be used to supplement winter food supplies for Alaska natives. Hamlet was especially skilled at bartering with the Siberian natives and was put in charge of all negotiations for the cruise. He was later singled out by the captain of the ''Thetis'' for his skill in barter in dispatches to headquarters.〔Strobridge and Noble, pp 64-66〕 In 1900, Hamlet became one of the Revenue Cutter Service officers to attend the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Upon completion of his studies, he returned to duty aboard ''Bear'', serving on patrol duty with the Bering Sea Patrol.〔 On 28 March 1905 Hamlet was promoted to first lieutenant.〔 On 19 July 1913 Hamlet was promoted to captain.〔 On 25 November 1913 he assumed his first command as a captain as the commanding officer of USRC ''Unalga'', home-ported at Seattle, Washington.〔 Hamlet was transferred to the United States Coast Guard Depot at Curtis Bay, Maryland on 15 November 1915.〔"Register of the Officers, Vessels, and Stations of the United States Coast Guard, 1916", pp 6–9〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry G. Hamlet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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