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 ARIZONA
Operated by The Guion Line
Launched (Date unknown)
Purchased by the War Department 1898


1. USAT HANCOCK
   Transferred to U.S. Navy November 8 1902
   
   
2. USS HANCOCK
   Commissioned November 20 1902 - Decommissioned March 9 1903
   Recommissioned September 21 1903 - Decommissioned October 18 1919
   Fitted out as Marine Transport
   Recommissioned March 15 1920
   
   
3. USS HANCOCK AP-3
   Designated (AP) July 17 1920
   
   
4. USS HANCOCK IX-12
   Redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) 1921
   Decommissioned September 1 1925
   
   Sold May 28 1926
   Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. Hancock Covers Page 1    (1909-23)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established October 7 1908 - Disestablished May 10 1911

 

Locy Type 1

1909-07-12

As AP-3

 

Locy Type 1

1910-09-27

As AP-3

 

Locy Type 1ay RECD

1909-02-10

As AP-3

 

Locy Type 1ay RECD

1909-01-02 to 1909-01-02

As AP-3

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Locy Type 1

1911-05-26

As AP-3
Posted 16 days after POD

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Post Office Reestablished July 12 1911 - Disestablished June 2 1925

 

Locy Type 2

1914-12-14

As AP-3

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

1916-07-08

As AP-3

 

Locy Type 3 "PEARL HAR / HAWAII"

1923-06-07

As AP-3

 

Locy Type 3s "PEARL / HARBOR"

1921-08-13

As AP-3
Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 3s

1921-07-12

As AP-3

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Locy Type SLKb (32x4)

1921-08-13

Single-line Killer on the August 13 1921 cover As AP-3

 

Locy Type 6 "U.S. Naval Station" Pearl Harbor Hawaii

1921-08-15

Naval Station postmark on the August 13 1921 cover and a view of the back showing the sender's name and address.

 

Other Information

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. Additionly, 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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