John M. Gamble, USMC

From US  Naval and Heritage Command:  Navy Officers 1798-1900.

JOHN M. GAMBLE

Midshipman:  16 January 1809  (His brother Peter was appointed midshipman the same day.)

Appointed  Second Lieutenant Marine Corps:  16 January 1809  (Appointed the same day as he became a midshipman.)

First Lieutenant:  5 March 1811

Captain:  18 June 1814

Major by Brevet:  18 April 1816

Major: 1 July 1834

Lieutenant Colonel by Brevet:  3 March  1827

Died:  11 September 1836  (He died the same day as his brother did 22 years earlier.)

--Brock-Perry

Peter Gamble, USN-- Part 2

From  History and Heritage Command:  Navy Officers 1798-1900.om US Naval 

PETER GAMBLE

Midshipman:    16 January 1809

Lieutenant:   17 March 1814

Killed in Action:  11 September 1814  (Battle of Lake Champlain)

I have not been able to find out anything more about Peter Gamble.

--Brock-Perry

Peter Gamble, USN-- Part 1

The destroyer USS Gamble (DD-123) was named after two Gamble brothers.  Peter Gamble lost his life at the Battle of Lake Champlain.

From Find-A-Grave.

BIRTH:  Unknown

DEATH:  11 September 1814

BURIAL:  Riverside Cemetery, Plattsburgh, New York.

His gravestone is now almost illegible.  There is another stone on the ground which is readable:

Lieutenant

Peter Gamble

U.S.N.

Sept. 11, 1814

Battle of

Plattsburgh

--Brock-Perry

USS Gamble (DD-123) (DM-15): Named for Two Brothers

The ship was named after two brothers.  One, Peter, was in the U.S. Navy, and the other, John M. Gamble was in the USMC.  Both fought in the War of 1812 with one being killed.  This ship was at Pearl Harbor when the British attacked along with another destroyer named the Perry, after Oliver Hazard Perry.

From Wikipedia.

Peter Gamble was born  on 5 November 1793 in Bordentown , New Jersey.  He was appointed  midshipman on 16 January 1809 and served on Thomas Macdonough's flagship USS Saratoga at the Battle of Lake Champlain.

He was killed  in action while sighting  his gin on  11 September 1814.

Macdonough deplored Peter's loss and commended his gallantry in action.

John M. Gamble was the brother of Peter Gamble and achieved the rank of brevet lieutenant colonel  in the United States Marine Corps.

--Brock-Perry

Two Destroyers at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Named After People from the War of 1812

In my Tattooed On Your Soul:  WW II blog, I have been writing about the USS Montgomery (DD-121) (DM--17) which was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked.  It did not receive any damage, but it and other destroyers anchored in Middle Loch, across from Fort Island, may have shot down as many as six Japanese planes.

Two of those ships with the Montgomery that day were named after War of 1812 naval heroes.  

They were the USS Perry (DD-320) (DMS-17), named for Oliver Hazard Perry and the USS Gamble (DD-123) (DM-15) named after Peter Gamble, killed at the Battle of Lake Champlain.  And, it was also named after Peter's brother, John M. Gamble who was an officer in the USMC.

--Brock-Perry