U.S.S. Hannibal
AG-1
1924
(Saratoga Model Shipyard SMY-62)
- Class: Hannibal - 1 survey ship of 1898
- Displacement: 5,056 tons
- Dimensions: 274 x 39 x 20 ft.
- Machinery: Steam, vertical triple expansion, twin screws, 1100 ihp = 9 knots
- Armament: unarmed
- Crew: 306
- Builder: J. Blumer & Co, Sunderland, England
- Launched: 9 Mar 1898
- Acquired: 16 Apr 1898
- Commissioned: 7 Jun 1898
- Decommissioned: 20 Aug 1944
- Service: Launched as the steamer Joseph Holland of London. Purchased by the US 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. Served in the Puerto Rico campaign during the Spanish-American War. Served as a collier until 1911, when she was assigned to the US 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. During World War I, she operated with the Patrol Force of the Atlantic Fleet, primarily as a tender to submarine chasers at Plymouth, England. Returned to the Caribbean before layup in 1919. Classified as a miscellaneous auxiliary (AG-1) in Jul 1920, she returned to surveying duties in the Caribbean from 1921 to 1940. During World War II, she operated out of Norfolk, Virginia in the Chesapeake Bay degaussing range. Hannibal was decommissioned in Aug 1944 and sunk as a bombing target on 1 March 1945, in the Chesapeake Bay.
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