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
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