U.S.S. Hannibal (1898)

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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

[13]

  • two 2-inch
  • one 1-pounder

1918

[14]

  • 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. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  8. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
  9. Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 26-27.
  10. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 20-21.
  11. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 20-21.
  12. Register of Officers, 1930. pp. 16, 17.
  13. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  14. 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