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USS Hancock (AP-3)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Hancock.
USS Hancock (AP-3) was a transport ship in the United States Navy. Acquired by the Navy in 1902, she took part in World War I and a number of US military and diplomatic ventures prior to that. She was named for Founding Father John Hancock.
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![]() USS Hancock at Mare Island Navy Yard, early 1900s | |
History | |
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Name | USS Hancock |
Namesake | John Hancock |
Builder | John Elder & Co, Govan |
Yard number | 222 |
Launched | 10 March 1879 |
Completed | 1879 |
Acquired | 8 November 1902 |
Commissioned |
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Reclassified | Classified as AP-3, 1920; reclassified as IX-12, 1921 |
Fate | Sold, 21 May 1926, scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 5,146 GRT, 2,928 NRT |
Displacement | 8,500 tons |
Length | 456.2 ft (139.0 m) |
Beam | 45.4 ft (13.8 m) |
Draft | 24 ft 3 in (7.39 m) |
Depth | 35.7 ft (10.9 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
Complement | 278 |
Armament | 6 x single 3" gun mounts |
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Hancock, the third US Navy ship to bear the name, was built in 1879 by John Elder & Co, Glasgow, Scotland. Formerly Arizona, she was purchased by the War Department during the Spanish–American War and transferred to the Navy 8 November 1902. She was commissioned 20 November 1902.