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Photo # NH h76117:  U.S. Army Transport Hancock off Mare Island, California, circa 1900

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-- SHIPS of the UNITED STATES ARMY --

USAT Hancock (Transport, 1898-1902).
Originally S.S. Arizona (British Passenger Steamer, 1879). Later USS Hancock (1902-1926, later AP-3 and IX-12)

S.S. Arizona, 5164 gross ton passenger steamer, was built at Glasgow, Scotland, in 1879. The first of her many voyages between Liverpool and New York began at the end of May. On 7 November 1879, while steaming at high speed eastbound in the North Atlantic, she collided with an iceberg and sustained serious damage to her bow. Arizona was repaired and returned to trans-Atlantic service, making a record-breaking trip in May 1880. She remained active until 1894 and was then laid up.

Rebuilt with new engines, one smokestack in place of her original two, sailing rig removed and gross tonnage recomputed to 5305, Arizona was sold to the U.S. War Department in 1898, at the time of the Spanish-American War. Renamed Hancock, she was subsequently employed as a U.S. Army Transport. In November 1902 she was transferred to the U.S. Navy and began more than two decades of service as USS Hancock. The old ship was sold in May 1926.

This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have concerning the U.S. Army Transport Hancock (1898-1902) and the British Passenger Line Arizona (1879).

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Hancock (1902-1926, later AP-3 and IX-12.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 63063

    S.S. Arizona
    (British Passenger Steamer, 1879)

    In port, showing damage to her bow received when she struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on 7 November 1879.
    Location is probably St. John's, Newfoundland.
    This ship became U.S. Army Transport Hancock in 1898 and USS Hancock in 1902.

    Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (Medical Corps), 1931.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 76117

    U.S. Army Transport Hancock


    Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa 1900.
    This ship became USS Hancock in 1902.

    Photo from the William H. Topley Collection, courtesy of Charles M. Loring, 1972.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63539

    U.S. Army Transport Hancock
    (which became USS Hancock in 1902)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1898-1902.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53625

    U.S. Army Transport Hancock
    (which became USS Hancock in 1902)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph of the ship in port, circa 1900.
    Copied from "Harper's Weekly", Volume 44 (1900), page 867.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     


    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Hancock (1902-1926, later AP-3 and IX-12.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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