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CV-19 Hancock
United States Navy aircraft carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Essex-long 1942/08/17
Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy,
1943/01/26 1944/04/15 1976/01/30
scrap
Namesake: John Hancock - famed statesman
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/3a, 45: Ms 21 / Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/08       joinPac  
44/09/24 44/10/05     sail P.H. > Ulithi   66 
44/10/05 44/10/22 King2 38.2 CVG-7   66  81  104
44/10/14   King2 38.2 damage(planes - 2 bomb) off Formosa   66 
44/10/20   King2 38.1 sinking landing ship T-102 off Panay Is  
44/10/22 44/10/26 King2 38.1 CVG-7   81 
44/10/24 44/10/25 King2 38.1 xLeyte CVG-7  
44/10/26 44/11/2? King2 38.2     104 
44/11/25 44/11/27 King2 38.1/FF damage(kami) (15-47N, 123-14E)   85 
44/12/01 44/12/24 Love3 38.2 land Mindoro - CVG-7   80 
44/12/30 45/01/25 Mike1 38.2 CVG-7   66  80 
45/01/21   Mike1 38.2 damage(crash landing) off Formosa (50 KIA, 75 WIA)   66  81 
45/02/10 45/03/03 Detach 58.2 CVG-80   66 
45/03/14 45/04/09 Iceber 58.3    
45/04/07   Iceber 58.3 disable(kami) 125 nm NE of Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa (27-00N, 130-00E) - 72 KIA, 82 WIA   86  85 
45/04/09 45/04/11 Iceber 58.3.10 detached for repairs, sail for P.H.   66  81 
45/05 45/06/13     P.H. repairs   66 
45/06/13 45/06/25?   12.4 sail P.H. > Leyte   66 
45/06/20     12.4 strike Wake Island   66 
45/07/01 45/07/30   38.1 raid Home Islands - CVG-6   81  104 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex Ticonderoga, renamed 43/05/01, 52/10/01>CVA, 75/06/30>AGMR
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars, NUC
Notice: nickname "Fightin' Hannah", "Handjob" "G code"from 45/07/27: U