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Revision as of 18:56, 20 November 2014
U.S.S. Hannibal (1898) | |
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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 |
Contents
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.
- Commander Harrison G. O. Colby, 7 June, 1898
Armament
As Completed
- two 2-inch
- one 1-pounder
1918
- one 6-inch/40 caliber
- two 3-inch/50 caliber
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ 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.
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