USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for John Hancock, president of the Second Continental Congress and first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[1] Hancock was commissioned in April 1944, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning four battle stars. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA). In her second career she operated exclusively in the Pacific, playing a prominent role in the Vietnam War, for which she earned a Navy Unit Commendation. She was the first US Navy carrier to have steam catapults installed.
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MADE THE LAST WESTPAC WITH THE HANNA ASSIGNED TO VA55 A LOT OF MEMORIES GOOD AND BAD REMEMBER CLEANING OUT THOSE LATRINES ON GRANDA ISLAND FOR THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND WANTING TO GET BACK TO THE SHIP WHAT A DETAIL RIDING IN THE BACK OF AN OPEN TRUCK WITH ALL THOSE KEROSENE DRUMS FILLED WITH YOU NO WHAT SPLASHING ON US ONLY TIME I FOUGHT TO GET BACK TO THE SHIP OTHER THAN SIGONELLA SICILY OH WELL DID MY DUTY FOR THE END OF THE VIETNAM ERA I AM SURE EVERYONE HAS A TIME WHEN THEY WANTED TO GET BACK TO THE BOAT
WESTPAC/Vietnam July 1968 thru March 1969 and August 1969 thru April 1970
March 1973 to January 1976, G-Division Weapons Elevators and Handling Equipment. I worked with AO1 Edwards, AO2 Drane, Plaketta, Masters, Loya,
I made my 1st West Pac on the Hancock. It had a wood flight deck that was replaced in 1962 or 1963 . Was with the Black Lions of VF-213 aboard her.
Permission to come aboard. I served on the Fighting Hanna from 1974-75. V-3 Division #2 Elevator Operator.
Put me down as a former crew member. AIMD 1975 WestPac Cruise