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  2. USS Hancock (CV-19) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. File:Vought F-8J Crusader of VF-24 lands aboard USS Hancock ...

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    English: A U.S. Navy Vought F-8J Crusader (BuNo 150918) of Fighter Squadron 24 (VF-24) "Red Checkertails" landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19) in the early 1970s. VF-24 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21) aboard the Hancock for three deplyoments to Vietnam

  4. Essex-class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia

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    The first eight hulls were originally assigned names from historic Navy ships (Essex, Bon Homme Richard, Intrepid, Kearsarge, Franklin, Hancock, Randolph, Cabot). Lexington was originally laid down as Cabot , but was renamed during construction after the previous USS Lexington (CV-2) was lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942.

  5. File:USS Hancock (CV-19) underway at sea, circa in 1944.jpg

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    English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) underway at sea, circa in 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3A. ... 21:19, 25 January ...

  6. File:Douglas TA-4F Skyhawk of VA-164 aboard USS Hancock (CVA ...

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    English: A U.S. Navy Douglas TA-4F Skyhawk (BuNo 153491) of Attack Squadron 164 (VA-164) "Ghost Riders" aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19). VA-164 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21) abaord the Hancock from 1973 to 1975. Two TA-4Fs were assigned to VA-164 as laser designator aircraft for laser guided bombs dropped by the ...

  7. VF-124 (1950–1958) - Wikipedia

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    VF-124 Stingarees squadron patch as worn on G-1 leather flight jackets during the Far Eastern cruise aboard USS Hancock CVA-19, 1955–56. Fighter Squadron 124 or VF-124 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy.

  8. List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    CVA-58 United States: United States (lead ship) — — — Cancelled during construction. Scrapped on slip in 1949 [51] CV-59 Forrestal: Forrestal (lead ship) 1 October 1955 11 September 1993 37 years, 345 days Scrapped in 2015 [52] [53] [54] CV-60 Saratoga: Forrestal: 14 April 1956 20 August 1994 38 years, 128 days Scrapped in 2019 [55] CV-61 ...

  9. File:Grumman TBF Avenger returning to the USS Hancock (CV-19 ...

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