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|Ship name=USS ''Hannibal''
|Ship name=*''Joseph Holland'' (1898)
*''Hannibal'' (1898—1945)
|Ship namesake=[[Hannibal]]
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|Ship launched=9 March 1898<ref name=WBS/>
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|Ship honors=Spanish Campaign badge
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'''USS ''Hannibal''''' (AG-1) was launched 9 March 1898 as the {{GRT|1785}} steamer '''''Joseph Holland''''' of London. The ship was laid down at as North Dock yard hull 143 for F. S. Holland, London, by [[J. Blumer & Company]] at [[Sunderland]], [[England]]. Completion was in April 1898.<ref name=WBS>{{cite web |title=Wear Built Ships: JOSEPH HOLLAND |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |url=http://www.sunderlandships.com/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=101805&vessel=JOSEPH+HOLLAND |accessdate=1 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DnM-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP349 |title=Lloyd's Register 1898—99 |author=Lloyds |year=1898 |publisher=Lloyd's Register |accessdate=1 April 2021}}</ref><ref group=note>The newly sold ''Hannibal'' is in the same register under [https://books.google.com/books?id=DnM-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP752 Steamers "H"].</ref>
'''USS ''Hannibal''''' (AG-1), a converted steamer, was built as '''''Joseph Holland''''' by [[J. Blumer & Company]] at [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], [[England]], in 1898. She was purchased by the [[United States Navy]] on 16 April 1898 and renamed '''''Hannibal'''''. She was one of the very few ships to serve in the U.S. Navy in the [[Spanish–American War]], [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. She was commissioned on 7 June 1898 with [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] Harrison Gray Otis Colby (USNA 1867) in command.


On 16 April 1898 the ship was purchased by the [[United States Navy]] and renamed '''''Hannibal'''''. She was one of the very few ships to serve in the U.S. Navy in the [[Spanish–American War]], [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. She was commissioned on 7 June 1898.<ref name=DANFS>{{cite DANFS |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/hannibal.html |title=Hannibal |author=Naval History And Heritage Command |date=14 July 2015 |work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History And Heritage Command |accessdate=1 April 2021}}</ref>
During the [[Spanish–American War]], ''Hannibal'' participated in the [[Puerto Rico Campaign]]. On one occasion she and three other US ships bombarded the Spanish positions at the [[Battle of Fajardo]]. The ship was awarded The [http://www.history.navy.mil/medals/scm.htm Spanish Campaign Medal] and her officers and men were issued the Spanish Campaign badge for 1898 service.<ref>http://www.history.navy.mil/medals/scm.htm | NHHC: The Spanish Campaign Medal</ref>


During the [[Spanish–American War]], ''Hannibal'' participated in the [[Puerto Rico Campaign]]. On one occasion she and three other US ships bombarded the Spanish positions at the [[Battle of Fajardo]].<ref>{{cite report |year=1898 |title=Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Year 1898 |page=651 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Government Printing Office |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UStHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA651 }}</ref> The ship was awarded The Spanish Campaign Medal and her officers and men were issued the Spanish Campaign badge for 1898 service.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/heritage/awards/service-campaign/usn-spanish-campaign-medal.html |title=The Spanish Campaign Medal |author=Naval History And Heritage Command |date=28 April 2017 |work=Decorations and Awards |publisher=Naval History And Heritage Command |accessdate=1 April 2021}}</ref>
From June 1898 – May 1908, ''Hannibal'' served in the Collier Service along the Atlantic coast. After an overhaul in 1908, she continued in the Collier Service with her base in [[New England]] for nearly three years. ''Hannibal'' was decommissioned on 15 August 1911.


From June 1898 – May 1908, ''Hannibal'' served in the Collier Service along the Atlantic coast. After an overhaul in 1908, she continued in the Collier Service with her base in [[New England]] for nearly three years. ''Hannibal'' was decommissioned on 15 August 1911.<ref name=DANFS/>
She was recommissioned on 16 October 1911 and was assigned to the [[U.S. Survey Squadron]] to make depth soundings and surveys in preparation for the opening of the [[Panama Canal]]. Hydrographic surveys continued in the [[Caribbean]] until 1917, including operations in [[Panama]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Honduras]], and [[Cuba]].


She was recommissioned on 16 October 1911 and was assigned to the [[U.S. Survey Squadron]] to make depth soundings and surveys in preparation for the opening of the [[Panama Canal]]. Hydrographic surveys continued in the [[Caribbean]] until 1917, including operations in [[Panama]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Honduras]], and [[Cuba]].<ref name=DANFS/>
With the advent of [[World War I]], ''Hannibal'' operated with the Patrol Force of the Atlantic Fleet. After an overhaul in early 1918, she became a tender to [[submarine chaser]]s at [[Plymouth]], England. ''Hannibal'' served in English waters until December, when she sailed for the [[Azores]] via [[Gibraltar]] as a sub-chaser escort. In early 1919, she resumed sub-tender duties, and visited England, [[France]], and [[Portugal]] returning to the [[United States]] in August.


With the advent of [[World War I]], ''Hannibal'' operated with the Patrol Force of the Atlantic Fleet. After an overhaul in early 1918, she became a tender to [[submarine chaser]]s at [[Plymouth]], England. ''Hannibal'' served in English waters until December, when she sailed for the [[Azores]] via [[Gibraltar]] as a sub-chaser escort. In early 1919, she resumed sub-tender duties, and visited England, [[France]], and [[Portugal]] returning to the [[United States]] in August escorting subchasers. The ship served in the Caribbean before lay up in mid-1919.<ref name=DANFS/><ref name=OLSI>{{cite web |last=Naval Historical Center (Naval History And Heritage Command) |title=USS Hannibal (1898-1945, later AG-1) |publisher=HyperWar, archive of NHC "Online Library of Selected Images" |date=16 November 2004 |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/ag1.htm |accessdate=1 April 2021}}</ref>
''Hannibal'' remained in reserve during which she was classified as a "miscellaneous auxiliary" in July 1920 with the hull number "AG-1"<ref>http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/ag1.htm | NHHC: Online Library of Selected Images; USS ''Hannibal'' (1898–1945, later AG-1)</ref> at [[Philadelphia]] until 9 February 1921, when she sailed for Cuba to resume survey operations which lasted until 1930. During the next decade ''Hannibal'' surveyed waters near [[Trinidad]], [[Venezuela]], [[Costa Rica]], and the [[Panama Canal Zone]].


''Hannibal'' remained in reserve during which she was classified as a "miscellaneous auxiliary" in July 1920 with the hull number AG-1 at [[Philadelphia]] until 9 February 1921, when she sailed for Cuba to resume survey operations which lasted until 1930. During the next decade ''Hannibal'' surveyed waters near [[Trinidad]], [[Venezuela]], [[Costa Rica]], and the [[Panama Canal Zone]].<ref name=DANFS/><ref name=OLSI/>
In 1933, ''Hannibal'' and {{USS|Gannet|AM-41|2}} were the first U.S. Navy vessels to collect dynamic sounding data in which depth and oceanographic data were collected in one sounding and analyzed aboard.<ref name=Pinsel /> After serving the U.S. Navy for 42 years, 28 of which had been dedicated to supporting<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bryan|first1=G. S.|title=Oceanographic activities of the Hydrographic Office and the United States Navy during 1939|journal=Transactions, American Geophysical Union|date=1940|volume=21|issue=2|pages=333–339|doi=10.1029/TR021i002p00333}}</ref> the [[U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office]], ''Hannibal'' was replaced by {{USS|Bowditch|AG-30|2}} in 1940.<ref name=Pinsel>{{cite book |last=Pinsel |first=Mark I. |title=150 Years Of Service On The Seas - A Pictorial History of the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office from 1830 to 1980 |url=https://archive.org/details/150yearsofservic0001pins |url-access=registration |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1982 |location=Washington, D.C.}} p. 54 & p. 59</ref>


In 1933, ''Hannibal'' and {{USS|Gannet|AM-41|2}} were the first U.S. Navy vessels to collect dynamic sounding data in which depth and oceanographic data were collected in one sounding and analyzed aboard.<ref name=Pinsel /> After serving the U.S. Navy for 42 years, 28 of which had been dedicated to supporting<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bryan|first1=G. S.|title=Oceanographic activities of the Hydrographic Office and the United States Navy during 1939|journal=Transactions, American Geophysical Union|date=1940|volume=21|issue=2|pages=333–339|doi=10.1029/TR021i002p00333|bibcode=1940TrAGU..21..333B}}</ref> the [[U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office]], ''Hannibal'' was replaced by {{USS|Bowditch|AG-30|2}} in 1940.<ref name=Pinsel>{{cite book |last=Pinsel |first=Mark I. |title=150 Years Of Service On The Seas A Pictorial History of the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office from 1830 to 1980 |url=https://archive.org/details/150yearsofservic0001pins |url-access=registration |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1982 |location=Washington, D.C.}} p. 54 & p. 59</ref>
During [[World War II]], she operated out of [[Norfolk, Virginia]] in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] degaussing range. ''Hannibal'' was decommissioned on 20 August 1944 and was sunk as a bombing target on 1 March 1945, in the Chesapeake Bay, just to the northwest of Smith Island, Md.


During [[World War II]], she operated out of [[Norfolk, Virginia]] in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] degaussing range. ''Hannibal'' was decommissioned on 20 August 1944 and was sunk as a bombing target on 1 March 1945, in the Chesapeake Bay, just to the northwest of [[Smith Island, Maryland]].<ref name=DANFS/>
After 21 years of use as a target ship, the ''Hannibal'' was largely obliterated. In 1966, the Navy brought in a second target ship, the [[USAS American Mariner|''American Mariner'']], a disused World War II Liberty ship, and sunk it next to the ''Hannibal''. Although the ''American Mariner'' is currently the U.S. Navy's only active live-fire target ship in the Chesapeake Bay, by tradition it keeps the name of the original target ship on that site and is still referred to as the ''Hannibal''.<ref>Soundings. (May 2008), "Strafing Chesapeake Bay's Target Ship." http://www.soundingsonline.com/component/content/article/112-archives/197792-strafing-chesapeake-bays-target-ship</ref>

A target hulk placed at the general location of ''Hannibal's'' sinking was referred to as ''Hannibal''. That target lasted 21 years before it was largely obliterated. In 1966, the Navy brought in a second target ship, the [[USAS American Mariner|''American Mariner'']], a disused World War II Liberty ship, and sunk it next to the previous target. Although the ''American Mariner'' is currently the U.S. Navy's only active live-fire target ship in the Chesapeake Bay, by tradition it keeps the name of the original target ship on that site and is still referred to as the ''Hannibal''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Blakely |first=Stephen |title=Strafing Chesapeake Bay's Target ship |journal=Soundings |publisher=Soundings Publications LLC |url=https://www.soundingsonline.com/news/strafing-chesapeake-bays-target-ship |accessdate=1 April 2021}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
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* [[American Campaign Medal]]
* [[American Campaign Medal]]
* [[World War II Victory Medal]]
* [[World War II Victory Medal]]

== Footnotes ==
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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* {{DANFS}}
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h2/hannibal.htm}}


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://patriot.net/~eastlnd2/O_hydro.htm Navy Survey Ship (AGS) Designator Listing]
* [http://patriot.net/~eastlnd2/O_hydro.htm Navy Survey Ship (AGS) Designator Listing]


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Brest, France, circa. 1918–1919
History
United States
Name
  • Joseph Holland (1898)
  • Hannibal (1898—1945)
NamesakeHannibal
BuilderJ. Blumer & Company, Sunderland, England
Yard number143[1]
Launched9 March 1898[1]
CompletedApril 1898[1]
Acquired16 April 1898
Commissioned7 June 1898
Decommissioned20 August 1944
Reclassified"AG-1" (July 1920)
Honors and
awards
Spanish Campaign badge
FateSunk as target 1 March 1945
General characteristics [2][3]
Type
Tonnage
  • 1918: 1,109 NRT
  • 1938: 5,056 GRT 2,957 NRT
Displacement
Length
Beam39 ft 3 in (11.96 m) load water line
Draft
  • 1918: 17 ft 7 in (5.36 m) mean
  • 1938: 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) full load
Depth20 ft (6.1 m)
Installed power
  • 2 single end boilers (propulsion & auxiliary power)
  • 2 x 10 kW, 1 5 kW electric generating sets
PropulsionSteam, vertical triple expansion, 1,100 ihp
Speed9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h)
Complement306
Armament
NotesPurchased for $147,941

USS Hannibal (AG-1) was launched 9 March 1898 as the 1,785 GRT steamer Joseph Holland of London. The ship was laid down at as North Dock yard hull 143 for F. S. Holland, London, by J. Blumer & Company at Sunderland, England. Completion was in April 1898.[1][4][note 1]

On 16 April 1898 the ship was purchased by the United States Navy and renamed Hannibal. She was one of the very few ships to serve in the U.S. Navy in the Spanish–American War, World War I and World War II. She was commissioned on 7 June 1898.[5]

During the Spanish–American War, Hannibal participated in the Puerto Rico Campaign. On one occasion she and three other US ships bombarded the Spanish positions at the Battle of Fajardo.[6] The ship was awarded The Spanish Campaign Medal and her officers and men were issued the Spanish Campaign badge for 1898 service.[7]

From June 1898 – May 1908, Hannibal served in the Collier Service along the Atlantic coast. After an overhaul in 1908, she continued in the Collier Service with her base in New England for nearly three years. Hannibal was decommissioned on 15 August 1911.[5]

She was recommissioned on 16 October 1911 and was assigned to the U.S. Survey Squadron to make depth soundings and surveys in preparation for the opening of the Panama Canal. Hydrographic surveys continued in the Caribbean until 1917, including operations in Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Cuba.[5]

With the advent of World War I, Hannibal operated with the Patrol Force of the Atlantic Fleet. After an overhaul in early 1918, she became a tender to submarine chasers at Plymouth, England. Hannibal served in English waters until December, when she sailed for the Azores via Gibraltar as a sub-chaser escort. In early 1919, she resumed sub-tender duties, and visited England, France, and Portugal returning to the United States in August escorting subchasers. The ship served in the Caribbean before lay up in mid-1919.[5][8]

Hannibal remained in reserve during which she was classified as a "miscellaneous auxiliary" in July 1920 with the hull number AG-1 at Philadelphia until 9 February 1921, when she sailed for Cuba to resume survey operations which lasted until 1930. During the next decade Hannibal surveyed waters near Trinidad, Venezuela, Costa Rica, and the Panama Canal Zone.[5][8]

In 1933, Hannibal and Gannet were the first U.S. Navy vessels to collect dynamic sounding data in which depth and oceanographic data were collected in one sounding and analyzed aboard.[9] After serving the U.S. Navy for 42 years, 28 of which had been dedicated to supporting[10] the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, Hannibal was replaced by Bowditch in 1940.[9]

During World War II, she operated out of Norfolk, Virginia in the Chesapeake Bay degaussing range. Hannibal was decommissioned on 20 August 1944 and was sunk as a bombing target on 1 March 1945, in the Chesapeake Bay, just to the northwest of Smith Island, Maryland.[5]

A target hulk placed at the general location of Hannibal's sinking was referred to as Hannibal. That target lasted 21 years before it was largely obliterated. In 1966, the Navy brought in a second target ship, the American Mariner, a disused World War II Liberty ship, and sunk it next to the previous target. Although the American Mariner is currently the U.S. Navy's only active live-fire target ship in the Chesapeake Bay, by tradition it keeps the name of the original target ship on that site and is still referred to as the Hannibal.[11]

Awards[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ The newly sold Hannibal is in the same register under Steamers "H".

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Wear Built Ships: JOSEPH HOLLAND". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. ^ Construction & Repair Bureau (Navy) (1 November 1918). Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 278–281. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. ^ Construction & Repair Bureau (Navy) (1 January 1938). Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 228–231. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ Lloyds (1898). "Lloyd's Register 1898—99". Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Naval History And Heritage Command (14 July 2015). "Hannibal". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. ^ Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Year 1898 (Report). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1898. p. 651.
  7. ^ Naval History And Heritage Command (28 April 2017). "The Spanish Campaign Medal". Decorations and Awards. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ a b Naval Historical Center (Naval History And Heritage Command) (16 November 2004). "USS Hannibal (1898-1945, later AG-1)". HyperWar, archive of NHC "Online Library of Selected Images". Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b Pinsel, Mark I. (1982). 150 Years Of Service On The Seas – A Pictorial History of the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office from 1830 to 1980. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 54 & p. 59
  10. ^ Bryan, G. S. (1940). "Oceanographic activities of the Hydrographic Office and the United States Navy during 1939". Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 21 (2): 333–339. Bibcode:1940TrAGU..21..333B. doi:10.1029/TR021i002p00333.
  11. ^ Blakely, Stephen. "Strafing Chesapeake Bay's Target ship". Soundings. Soundings Publications LLC. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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