Hancock was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the namesake of Founding Father John Hancock, president of the Second Continental Congress and first governor of the Commonwealth of …

USS Hancock was commissioned in 1944, and was an aircraft carrier of the Essex-class. The ship was built in Massachusetts and then sent to the Pacific in the summer and was involved in combat almost …

The aircraft carrier USS HANCOCK CV-19, the third vessel of the United States Navy named in honor of the famed statesman, John Hancock, was launched on January 24, 1944, at the Bethlehem Steel …

Following operations off the West Coast, USS Hancock (CVA-19) returned to Vietnam early in 1967 and resumed her strikes against Communist positions. After fighting during most of the first half...

Feb 6, 2024 · USS Hancock was one of the 14 Essex-class carriers that participated in the Second World War. She launched airframes during the war that struck the islands of Masbate, Panay, Cebu …

USS HANCOCK was one of the ESSEX - class aircraft carriers. Originally named TICONDEROGA, the carrier was renamed HANCOCK on May 1, 1943, becoming the fourth ship in the Navy to bear the …

Hancock was refueling the destroyer USS Halsey Powell (DD 686) on 20 March when suicide planes attacked the task force. One plane dove for the two ships but was disintegrated by gunfire when …

The USS Hancock (CV-19) was an Essex class aircraft carrier built during World War II by the Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts. It was the fourth US ship to bear the name Hancock …

Hancock was decommissioned 30 January 1976. She was stricken from the Navy list the following day, and sold for scrap by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) 1 September 1976. …

USS Hancock reached Japan November 19th and soon was on patrol at Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin. She remained active in Vietnamese waters fighting to thwart Communist aggression until …