USS Hancock (AP-3)
USS Hancock at Mare Island Navy Yard, early 1900s | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
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.