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	20 Nov 1902 – 9 Mar 1903 21 Sep 1903 – 3 Sep 1919 15 Mar 1920 – 1 Sep 1925
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	1 × triple expansion engine 1 × screw
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.