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.
- USAT HANCOCK Commissioned 1898
- USS HANCOCK Commissioned 20 November 1902 - Decommissioned 9 March 1903
- USS HANCOCK AP-3 Designated (AP) 17 July 1920
- USS HANCOCK IX-12 Redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) 1921
Hancock Class Transport
Built 1879 as Passenger Liner "SS ARIZONA"
Operated by The Guion Line
Launched (Date unknown)
Purchased by the War Department 1898
Transferred to US Navy 8 November 1902
Recommissioned 21 September 1903 - Decommissioned 18 October 1919
Fitted out as Marine Transport
Recommissioned 15 March 1920
Decommissioned 1 September 1925
Sold 28 May 1926
Fate unknown
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- USS Hancock AP-13 Covers Page 1 (1909-1923)
Postmarks
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Post Office Established 7 October 1908 - Disestablished 10 May 1911
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Locy Type 1 |
1909-07-12 |
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Note:
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1909-01-02 |
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Post Office Reestablished 12 July 1911 - Disestablished 1919
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1914-05-25 |
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Facing slip. Courtesy of Stewart Milstein.
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1916-07-08 |
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Post Office Reestablished 1920 - Disestablished 2 June 1925
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1923-06-07 |
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IX-12. Sailor's Mail
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1921-08-13 |
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IX-12. Sailor's Mail
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1921-08-13 |
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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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