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Revision as of 07:08, 1 December 2014

U.S.S. Hannibal (1898)
Hull Number: AG-1
Builder: J. Blumer & Co.[1]
Purchased: 16 Apr, 1898[2]
Launched: 10 Mar, 1898[3]
Commissioned: 7 Jun, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 20 Aug, 1944
Expended: 1 Mar, 1945
Fate: Target Ship

U.S.S. Hannibal was a collier purchased by the U.S. Navy and later converted into a hydrographic survey ship.

Construction

Begun as the freighter Joseph Holland at Sunderland by J. Blumer & Co. and launched on 10 March, 1898. Five weeks later she was purchased by the U.S. Navy for conversion to a collier.[5]

Service

Renamed Hannibal, she was commissioned on 7 June, 1898 with Commander Harrison G. O. Colby in command.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

As Completed

[7]

  • two 2-inch
  • one 1-pounder

1918

[8]

  • one 6-inch/40 caliber
  • two 3-inch/50 caliber

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  6. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 7.
  7. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  8. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.

Bibliography

  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


Collier U.S.S. Hannibal


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