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AG-1 Hannibal

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Quebec - Victor

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Spanish Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Escort Clasp)
Bottom Row - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Built in 1898 as SS Joseph Holland, a Collier, by J. Blumer and Co., Sunderland, Great Britain

Acquired by the US Navy, 16 April 1898

Commissioned as the US Navy Collier USS Hannibal, 7 June 1898, CDR. H. G. Colby in command

Decommissioned, 15 August 1911

Recommissioned, 16 October 1911

Decommissioned in 1920 at Philadelphia, PA.

Recommissioned, 9 February 1921 as USS Hannibal (AG-1)

Decommissioned, 20 August 1944

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Final Disposition, sunk as a bombing target in March 1945

Specifications:
Displacement 4,000 t.
Length 274' 1"
Beam 39' 2"
Draft 17' 7"
Speed 9 kts.
Complement 244
Armament

one 4" gun mount

two 3" guns

eight, .50-cal. machine guns
Propulsion system unknown

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Hannibal (Collier)
	81k	*Hannibal* probably Hampton Roads, VA., 2 May 1907. US Navy photo # NH 99734 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	80k	*Hannibal* at anchor, 2 January 1914, place unknown. US Navy photo # NH 761 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	Fred Weiss
USS Hannibal (AG-1)
	52k	*Hannibal* at Brest, France, circa 1918-1919 while serving as tender to US Navy Submarine Chasers at Plymouth, England. US Navy photo # NH 64966 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, the Peter K. Connelly collection, courtesy of William H. Davis, 1967.	US Naval Historical Center
	90k	*Hannibal* moored in a Caribbean area harbor, possibly St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, in 1919. US Navy photo # NH 78195 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Courtesy of CDR. Donald J. Robinson, USN (MSC), 1973.	US Naval Historical Center
	79k	*Hannibal* at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, in 1919. US Navy photo # NH 99699 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Collection of George K. Beach USS SC-331.	US Naval Historical Center
	108k	*Hannibal* at Philadelphia, PA., getting underway to conduct surveys in Cuban waters during the 1920s. US Navy photo # NH 99719 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman.	US Naval Historical Center
	67k	Hannibal (AG-1) at anchor in the 1920s, place unknown. US Navy photo # NH 665 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	67k	Hannibal (AG-1) at anchor in the Caribbean while engaged in survey work during the early 1920s. US Navy photo # NH 99700 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman.	US Naval Historical Center
	109k	Hannibal (AG-1) at anchor in the Caribbean while engaged in survey work during the early 1920s. *Hannibal* has a barge and the two submarine chasers alongside. Outboard subchaser is *SC-353* and the other is probably *SC-223. Both worked with Hannibal* on survey work. US Navy photo # NH 99701 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman.	US Naval Historical Center
	98k	Hannibal (AG-1) at anchor, April 1924, place unknown. US Navy photo # NH 63541 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	86k	Hannibal (AG-1) anchored at Bahia Honda, Panama, 3 February 1934. US Navy photo # NH 53627 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	22k	Hannibal (AG-1) underway, circa 1943, place unknown. US Navy photo.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	77k	Hannibal (AG-1) at anchor, date and place unknown. US Navy photo.	Robert Hurst