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DD-675 Lewis Hancock
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1943/03/31
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
1943/08/01 1943/09/29 1967/08/01
sold
Namesake: LtCdr Lewis Hancock, USN (*1889/10/15, +1925/09/03) naval aviator - died while airship USS Shenandoah crashed in Ohio
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 32/14d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/12/1?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/12/25 44/01/16     P.H.   66 
44/01/16 44/02/04 Flint 58.2/DesRon52/DesDiv104     66 
44/02/12 44/02/20 Hailst 58.2/DesRon52/DesDiv104     66 
44/02/25 44/02/2?   58.2/DesRon52/DesDiv104 sail from Majuro to P.H.   66 
44/03/15 44/04/06 Desec1 58.2/DesRon52/DesDiv104     66 
44/04/14 44/05/13 Reckle 58.2/DesRon52/DesDiv104     66 
44/05/15 44/05/31   58.6/DesRon52/DesDiv104 raid Wake, Marcus   66 
44/06/06 44/08/02 Forage 58.2/DesRon52/DesDiv104     81 
44/06/19   Forage 58.2/DesRon52/DesDiv104 xPhilip   81 
44/08/1? 44/08/2?     P.H.   66 
44/08/29 44/11/27 King2 38.2.3/DesRon52/DesDiv104     81  66 
44/10/24 44/10/26 King2 34.5/DesRon52/DesDiv104 xLeyte  
44/11/01 44/11/03 King2 34.5/DesRon52/DesDiv104     125 
44/11/01 44/11/03 King2 34.5/DesRon52/DesDiv104     125 
45/02/10 45/03/04 Detach 58.2.3/DesRon52/DesDiv104     66 
45/03/19 45/04/17 Iceber 58.2/DesRon52/DesDiv104     66 
45/03/24 45/03/29     Ulithi   125 
45/04/17 45/05/10 Iceber 58.3/DesRon52/DesDiv104    
45/05/10 45/07/06     sail from Okinawa to San Francisco   66 
45/07/06 45/08/30     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
67/08/01       sold to Brasilia > Piaui  

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1967/08/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars
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