HANNIBAL AG 1

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.

Built 1898 as Collier "JOSEPH HOLLAND"
Acquired by U.S. Navy April 16 1898


1. USS HANNIBAL Collier
   Commissioned June 7 1898 - Decommissioned August 15 1911
   
   
2. USS HANNIBAL Survey Ship
   Recommissioned October 16 1911 - Decommissioned November 1 1919
   
   
3. USS HANNIBAL AG-1
   Recommissioned February 9 1921 as Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG)
   Decommissioned August 20 1944
   
   Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
   Sunk March 1945 as bombing target

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Hannibal AG-1 Covers Page 1    (1913-1943)

 

Postmarks

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

Commissioned June 7 1898 - Decommissioned August 15 1911

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USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA

1904-06-25

N/A

Official Business indicia. Courtesy of the Henry Sweets collection.

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Post Office Established March 1912 - Post Office Disestablished November 1 1919

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* SURVEY SHIP *
 

Locy Type 1z

1918-03-07

Passed By Censor. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 2 (C)

1913-02-17

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Locy Type 3 (C) "PORTSMOUTH / NH" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-10

1913-10-24

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Locy Type 3 (C) "SAILOR'S / MAIL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-10a

1919-04-07

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Locy Type 9v

1916-12-26

Registered Use. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Censor Marking "PASSED / BY CENSOR"

1917-08-13

Type 3 Postmark (H-10) utilized as a censor marking. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Censor Marking

1918-03-07

Private, Fancy Censor marking. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

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Post Office Reestablished January 17 1921 - Post Office Disestablished August 20 1944

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*Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG)*
 

Locy Type 3 "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"

1933-08-26

Cachet Sponsored by "Capt. Walter M. Gearty Post 315, American Legion" for the State Convention of the American Legion in Pennsylvania. Russell N. Worman's return address is on the reverse.

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "COLUMBUS / DAY"

1935-10-12

Columbus Day, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "NORFOLK NYD / PORTS.VIR."

1941-05-20

Cachet by Leonard Borkowski

 

Locy Type 3as

1931-08-26

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Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "PORT O SPAIN / TRINIDAD" (Month unreadable)

1939-xx-07

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Locy Type 3s "CUBA / SURVEY"

1925-01-16

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Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "MONTIJO BAY / PANAMA"

1934-03-12

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Locy Type 3z (OBO)

1943-06-16

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Locy Type 5ahks

1936-12-25

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Locy Type 5hks "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"

1932-07-04

Independence Day

 

Locy Type 6

1931-09-18

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Locy Type 9

1931-09-24

Embossed seal. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-10e

1940-06-03

Favor strike on stamp block

 

Locy Type F "NAVY / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-10h Purple Ink

1935-10-27

Navy Day. Add-on cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

Locy Type F "NAVY / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-10h Black Ink

1935-10-27

Navy Day. Cachet by Roland E. Hopkins

 

Locy Type RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-10i

1939-07-29

Ship's Seal embossed

 

Locy Type SLPbs

1931-05-31

Straight-line postmark. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Other Information

USS Hannibal earned the Spanish Campaign Medal, the World War I Victory Medal (with Escort Clasp), the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Hannibal (249 B.C. - 183 B.C.)
Hannibal was brought up by his father in undying hatred of Rome. During the Second Punic War, he led an army from the Carthaginian colony in Spain across the Alps into Italy, defeating every army sent to oppose him. Hannibal maintained himself in the Italian peninsula for 15 years without support from home ; but when Carthage was threatened with invasion in 203 B.C., he returned to Africa. He was defeated in the Battle of Zama 202 B.C., and soon was driven into exile. He died as the result of suicidal poisoning.

 

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