HANCOCK IX 12

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Hancock Class Transport Built 1879 as Passenger Liner Launched (Date unknown) SS ARIZONA (Commercial Service) Owned and operated by The Guion Line Sold to Northern Pacific Steamship Co. in 1897 Purchased by the War Department 16 July 1898 for use as a transport in the Spanish-American war and renamed USAT HANCOCK Commissioned 1898 Transferred to US Navy 8 November 1902 USS HANCOCK (Transport) Commissioned 20 November 1902 - Decommissioned 9 March 1903 USS HANCOCK (Receiving Ship) Recommissioned 21 September 1903 and served as the receiving ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard until 6 Aug 1913 See US Receiving Ship - New York NY for more information USS HANCOCK (Transport) Fitted out as Marine transport (as in U.S. Marines) and served as such until decommissioned on 18 October 1919 Recommissioned 15 March 1920 USS HANCOCK AP-3 Designated (AP) 17 July 1920 Became the receiving ship at Pearl Harbor on 14 May 1921 USS HANCOCK IX-12 Redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) 24 Apr 1922 Decommissioned 1 September 1925 Sold 28 May 1926 Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Hancock AP-13 Covers Page 1    (1909-1923)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established 7 October 1908 - Disestablished 10 May 1911

 

Locy Type 1

1909-07-12

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Locy Type 1ay ("RECD")

1909-01-02

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Post Office Reestablished 12 July 1911 - Disestablished 1919

 

Locy Type 2 (C)

1914-05-25

Facing slip. Courtesy of Stewart Milstein.

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

1916-07-08

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Post Office Reestablished 1920 - Disestablished 2 June 1925

 

Locy Type 3 (B) "PEARL HAR(BOR) / HAWAII" (1923)

1923-06-07

IX-12. Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 3s (AC) "PEARL / HARBOR"

1921-08-13

IX-12. Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type SLb (32x4)

1921-08-13

IX-12. Straight-line marking on the August 13 1921 cover

 

Other Information

USS HANCOCK earned the World War I Victory Medal w/ Transport clasp, the Mexican Service Medal, the Haiti Campaign Medal and the Dominican Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of John Hancock (1737-1793)
President of the Second Continental Congress and of the Congress of the Confederation, the first Governor of Massachusetts, and the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence.

Six ships of the US Navy have been named HANCOCK - USS Hancock (Schooner 1775), USS Hancock (Sailing Frigate 1776), USS Hancock (Frigate 1778), USS Hancock IX-12, USS Hancock/Ticonderoga CV-14 and USS Hancock CV-19.
Additionally, two ships of the US Navy have been named JOHN HANCOCK - USS John Hancock (Steamship 1850) and USS John Hancock DD-981.

 

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