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	62k	Stanton Frederick Kalk was born in Alabama on 14 October 1894. He received his higher education at the U.S. Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1916. Service in the battleship Florida followed. In September 1917 he was assigned to the destroyer Jacob Jones, which was then performing convoy escort duties as part of the Anglo-American effort to control the serious threat of German U-boats. On 6 December 1917, Kalk was officer-of-the-deck when his ship was torpedoed by the submarine U-53. After Jacob Jones sank, he exhibited "extraordinary heroism" while helping move survivors among life rafts in an effort to equalize their loads. As a result of his exertions in the chilly water of the North Atlantic, Lt(JG) Kalk died from exhaustion and exposure. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Photo #: NH 48684. Midshipman Stanton F. Kalk, USN (1894-1917) photographed circa 1916, the year he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. USS Kalk (Destroyer # 170) was named in his honor. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Bill Gonyo
	48k	Photo #: NH 70867 USS Kalk (DD-170) tied to mooring buoys, circa 1919-1922. Courtesy of "Our Navy" magazine, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		USN
	80k	USS Kalk (DD-170) Alongside a pier, circa 1919-1922. Courtesy of Jack L. Howland, 1983. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
On British Service
HMCS Hamilton (ex-USS Kalk, DD-170), Hamilton had a somewhat chequered start to her career; manned by the RN, she collided with HMS Georgetown at St John's, NF, on 4 October 1940 and had to return to Halifax, NS, for repair. Haste in undocking her on 25 October 1940 caused further serious damage so that she was paid off and her crew used to man other ships of the class. On completion of repair, it was decided to transfer her to the RCN, but she retained her Britsh name. Hamilton was employed entirely on the Eastern seaboard, commencing on 12 July 1941; with increasing repair problems she was retired from active service in August 1943, and thereafter employed in the bay of Fundy area as a training ship, starting in December 1943, until the end of the war. Finally paid off on 8 June 1945, Hamilton was sold to Frankie Bros. acting as agents for Boston Iron & Metal Co. Together with St Francis she left Sydney, NS, in tow of Foundation Security for Boston and the breakers yard. At this point records become unclear, the tow was in collision with Winding Gulf and parted, one of the two hulks was taken in tow by USCGC Hornbeam and beached as a total loss on 14 July 1945. It is believed that this was, in fact, St Francis, but at least one RCN report indicates Hamilton while admitting the lack of firm evidence. In any event, one flush deck wreck lies off Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island. (History thanks to Robert Hurst.)
	46k	The 'Town' class - Group 4 destroyer HMCS Hamilton (ex- USS Kalk) underway sometime in 1943, location unknown, RCN Official photo.		Robert Hurst
	64k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	78k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst

LCDR Norman Reeve Van der Veer    Mar 29 1919 - Mar 10 1920

LT Charles Godwin Moore Jr.    Mar 10 1920 - Aug 6 1920 

LTJG Lucien McKee Grant    Aug 6 1920 - Feb 15 1921   

LT Edwin Felix Bilson    Feb 15 1921 -  Jan 2 1921

LT James Almond Saunders    Jan 2 1922 - Jul 10 1922

(Decommissioned July 10 1922 - June 17 1940)

LCDR Harold Oscar 'Swede' Larson    Jun 17 1940 - Jul 22 1940

LT Thompson Phelps Elliott    Jul 22 1940 - Sep 23 1940

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