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USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. 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 Massachusetts .
From 7 January to 3 October 1972, VF-211 was deployed on USS Hancock. On 23 May LT Jerry Tucker engaged a VPAF MiG-17 forcing the pilot to eject before he could fire. [4] On 20 June F-8J #150923 was hit by antiaircraft fire, the pilot ejected successfully and was rescued. [7] From 8 May 1973 to 8 January 1974, VF-211 was deployed on USS Hancock.
The flight deck armour also reduced the length of the flight deck, reducing the maximum aircraft capacity of the armoured flight deck carrier, but the largest part of the disparity between RN and USN carriers in aircraft capacity was due to the use of a permanent deck park on USN carriers. [17] [18]
VF-7 reequipped with the F6F-5 Hellcat at Naval Air Station Quonset in July 1944 and then reembarked on USS Hancock. [3] By September 1944 USS Hancock and CVG-7 had joined the Pacific Fleet. [4] Hancock fought in the Philippines campaign (1944-45), including in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, at the Battle of Iwo Jima, and in the Battle of Okinawa.
The carriers are listed in order of hull number. [1] [2] [3]Ships with hull numbers 35, 44, 46, and 50 through 58 were cancelled or never commissioned and are not shown.
25 February – HMS Ark Royal (R09) commissioned, incorporating an angled flight deck, two steam catapults, and a mirror landing system. [50] 6 April – USS Franklin D. Roosevelt recommissioned with angled flight deck, steam catapult and hurricane bow. [18] 14 May – Warsaw Pact formed. July – USS Midway decommissioned for modernisation. [27]
USS Hancock (1776) was a sailing frigate commissioned in 1776 and captured by the British in 1777. Renamed HMS Iris, in 1781 she was captured by a French squadron. The French Navy sold her in 1784. USS Hancock (1778), was a frigate launched 28 April 1778, and renamed USS Alliance (1778) by the Continental Congress to honor the entry of France ...
VF-24 made deployments to the Western Pacific aboard USS Midway, USS Bon Homme Richard and USS Hancock from 1959 to 1975. While on duty, the squadron earned the Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation (2 awards), Meritorious Unit Commendation (5 awards), Battle Efficiency Award (1972), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3 awards), and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.