CV 19 / CVA 19 – USS Hancock (Photos on blog – https://jcsnavyandmilitarynews.blogspot.com/ )

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with CVW-21 embarked – Subic Bay. Philippines – July 1975

with CVW-21 embarked – South China Sea – July 1975

with CVW-21 embarked – South China Sea – July 1975

during Operation Frequend Wind (evacuations from Saigon, Vietnam) – Subic Bay, Philippines – May 1975

during Operation Frequend Wind (evacuations from Saigon, Vietnam) – Subic Bay, Philippines – May 1975

during Operation Frequend Wind (evacuations from Saigon, Vietnam) – Subic Bay, Philippines – May 1975

during Operation Frequend Wind (evacuations from Saigon, Vietnam) – off Vietnam – April 1975

during Operation Frequend Wind – Subic Bay, Philippines – April 1975

during Operation Frequend Wind (evacuations from Saigon, Vietnam) – Subic Bay, Philippines – April 1975

with CVW-21 (partly) embarked – off California – February 1975

with CVW-21 (partly) embarked – off California – February 1975

with CVW-21 (partly) embarked – off California – February 1975

with CVW-21 (partly) embarked – off California – February 1975

with CVW-21 (partly) embarked – off California – February 1975

moored at Naval Air Station North Island, California – January 1975

with CVW-21 embarked – celebrating the 30th anniversary of her commissioning – January 1974

with CVW-21 embarked – 1973

with CVW-21 embarked – Gulf of Tonkin – May 1972

with CVW-21 embarked – Pacific Ocean – November 1971

with CVW-21 embarked – Pacific Ocean – May 1971

with CVW-21 embarked – Gulf of Tonkin – April 1971

with CVW-21 embarked – Gulf of Tonkin – March 1971

with USS Coral Sea (CV 43) at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California – 1971

moored at Naval Air Station North Island, California – July 1970

moored at Naval Air Station North Island, California – July 1970

with CVW-21 embarked – off Vietnam – 1969-70

with CVW-21 embarked – off California – July 1969

San Francisco, California upon her return from her 1968-69 deployment – March 1969

with CVW-21 embarked – Gulf of Tonkin – December 1968

replenishment at sea (RAS) – South China Sea – December 1968

with CVW-21 embarked – Pacific Ocean – July 1968

with CVW-21 embarked – Pacific Ocean – July 1968

with CVW-21 embarked – off Hawaii – 1968

with CVW-21 embarked – off Hawaii – July 1968

with CVW-21 embarked – off Hawaii – July 1968

leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with CVW-21 embarked – July 1968

with CVW-21 embarked – South China Sea – June 1966

with CVW-21 embarked – South China Sea – 1966

with CVW-21 embarked – off Vietnam – May 1966

>Type, class: Aircraft Carrier, Essex class (long hull)Builder: Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
 
STATUS:
Awarded: ?
Laid down: January 26, 1943 (as Ticonderoga)
renamed Hancock on May 1, 1943
Launched: January 24, 1944
Commissioned: April 15, 1944
Decommissioned: May 9, 1947
in reserve
SCB-27C conversion began on December 15, 1951
reclassified CVA 19 in October 1952
Recommissioned: February 15, 1954
Decommissioned: April 13, 1956
SCB-125 modernization April – November 1956
Recommissioned: November 15, 1956
reclassified CV 19 on June 30, 1975
Decommissioned: January 30, 1976
Fate: sold for scrap on September 1, 1976 / finally scrapped
 
Namesake: John Hancock (1737-1793)
Ships Motto: ?
Technical Data: see: INFO > Essex class Aircraft Carrier – CV
>https://www.seaforces.org/usnships/cv/CV-19-USS-Hancock.htm
     

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