Sunday, May 29, 2022

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

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cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 111 subic bay philippines
with CVW-21 embarked - Subic Bay. Philippines - July 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 110 south china sea vietnam war
with CVW-21 embarked - South China Sea - July 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 12
with CVW-21 embarked - South China Sea - July 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier us navy operation frequent wind evacuation saigon vietnam 1975 109 subic bay philippines
during Operation Frequend Wind (evacuations from Saigon, Vietnam) - Subic Bay, Philippines - May 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier us navy operation frequent wind evacuation saigon vietnam 1975 104
during Operation Frequend Wind (evacuations from Saigon, Vietnam) - Subic Bay, Philippines - May 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier us navy operation frequent wind evacuation saigon vietnam 1975 108
during Operation Frequend Wind (evacuations from Saigon, Vietnam) - Subic Bay, Philippines - May 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier us navy operation frequent wind evacuation saigon vietnam 1975 107 ch-46 chinook helicopter uh-1 huey
during Operation Frequend Wind (evacuations from Saigon, Vietnam) - off Vietnam - April 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier us navy operation frequent wind evacuation saigon vietnam 1975 105
during Operation Frequend Wind - Subic Bay, Philippines - April 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier us navy operation frequent wind evacuation saigon vietnam 1975 106
during Operation Frequend Wind (evacuations from Saigon, Vietnam) - Subic Bay, Philippines - April 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 26
with CVW-21 (partly) embarked - off California - February 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 40
with CVW-21 (partly) embarked - off California - February 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 38
with CVW-21 (partly) embarked - off California - February 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 10
with CVW-21 (partly) embarked - off California - February 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 103
with CVW-21 (partly) embarked - off California - February 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 102 nas north island california
moored at Naval Air Station North Island, California - January 1975

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 30a
with CVW-21 embarked - celebrating the 30th anniversary of her commissioning - January 1974

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 87
with CVW-21 embarked - 1973

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 34a gulf of tonkin
with CVW-21 embarked - Gulf of Tonkin - May 1972

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 101 vietnam war
with CVW-21 embarked - Pacific Ocean - November 1971

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 100
with CVW-21 embarked - Pacific Ocean - May 1971

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 99
with CVW-21 embarked - Gulf of Tonkin - April 1971

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 98 gulf of tonkin vietnam war
with CVW-21 embarked - Gulf of Tonkin - March 1971

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier us navy hunters point naval shipyard san francisco
with USS Coral Sea (CV 43) at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California - 1971

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier nas north island 97
moored at Naval Air Station North Island, California - July 1970

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier nas north island california 33
moored at Naval Air Station North Island, California - July 1970

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 117 vietnam war
with CVW-21 embarked - off Vietnam - 1969-70

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 07
with CVW-21 embarked - off California - July 1969

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 16 san francisco
San Francisco, California upon her return from her 1968-69 deployment - March 1969

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 23 gulf of tonkin
with CVW-21 embarked - Gulf of Tonkin - December 1968

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 35
replenishment at sea (RAS) - South China Sea - December 1968

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 96
with CVW-21 embarked - Pacific Ocean - July 1968

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 95
with CVW-21 embarked - Pacific Ocean - July 1968

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 86
with CVW-21 embarked - off Hawaii - 1968

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 21a
with CVW-21 embarked - off Hawaii - July 1968

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 21b off hawaii
with CVW-21 embarked - off Hawaii - July 1968

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 21
leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with CVW-21 embarked - July 1968

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 17a south china sea
with CVW-21 embarked - South China Sea - June 1966

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 46
with CVW-21 embarked - South China Sea - 1966

cva-19 uss hancock cv essex class aircraft carrier air wing cvw-21 us navy 94 off vietnam
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: ?

>https://www.seaforces.org/usnships/cv/CV-19-USS-Hancock.htm
     
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