Hannibal (AG-1): Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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S.S. Joseph Holland (1898) Arriving at Brooklyn, N.Y., on 9 May 1898 to be converted into the collier USS Hannibal. The ship's name has been crudely painted out on her stern and lifeboats but she retains the "FSH" stack markings of the Francis Stanley Holland firm. Mollenhauer Sugar Refining Co. in the background was a Brooklyn waterfront landmark. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-MC box 1. |
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S.S. Joseph Holland (1898) At the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 20 May 1898 awaiting conversion into the collier USS Hannibal. The receiving ship USS Vermont is behind her as are two other ships probably awaiting conversion. She still carries her original owner's stack markings. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-MC box 1. |
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USS Hannibal (1898-1945) In Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 2 May 1907 during the Jamestown Exposition International Naval Review. The ship is in her original collier configuration. Her bow is marked "Auxiliary - U.S. Navy." Photo No. NH 99734 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Hannibal (1898-1945) Photographed as a surveying ship on 2 January 1914. She had been on survey duty since at least 1911. Photo No. NH 761 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Hannibal (1898-1945) Showing the wear and tear of surveying operations circa 1915. This photo accompanied a letter to the Navy Department from the ship dated 24 August 1915. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-A-31. |
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USS Hannibal (1898-1945) Photographed at Brest, France, in 1918-1919 while the ship was tender to U.S. Navy submarine chasers at Plymouth, England. Note the large 6"/40 gun on her stern. She also has 2-3"/50 guns on the forecastle. Photo No. NH 64966 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Hannibal (1898-1945) Possibly shown in the Azores at the end of 1918 or during her voyage home in 1919 after serving as a submarine chaser tender in England during the war. Her 6"/40 gun aft and one of her 3"/50 guns forward are visble. Photo No. NH 78195 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Hannibal (AG-1) A panoramic view of the ship at the Philadelphia Navy Yard circa late 1920 with her officers and crew posing on deck. The ship has been reconfigured for additional surveying duty. The photograph was taken by E. E. Hilderbrandt of the Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia. Photo No. NH 103195 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Hannibal (AG-1) Probably photographed as a surveying ship during the early 1920s. Photo No. NH 665 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Hannibal (AG-1) Shown conducting surveying operations at Bahia Honda, Panama, on 3 February 1934. Photo No. NH 53627 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Hannibal (AG-1) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 26 November 1941. She appears to be carrying a full complement of surveying launches. Photo No. 19-N-25954 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM. |
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USS Hannibal (AG-1) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 11 July 1943. Photo No. 19-N-51958 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM. |
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