Date Code
Summary
430126 A1 CV19, USS HANCOCK, Essex Class,
Hancock modernization
430126 AA Built as Bethlehem, Quincy, MA Yard. Cost$ 68,300,000.
430126 C1 Keel laid with name USS TICONDEROGA
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440124 AB Launched by Mrs.DeWitt C. Ramsey,
RADM, Chief of BuAir
440124 BF John Hancock Life Insurance. Bond drive for name
change
440124 DF 4-launghing of ship, view from water, Pro 3/44
440415 AC Commissioned at Quincy, MA Bethlehem yards
440415 CJ Named: John Hancock, President of Continental Congress
440415 GF CVG-7 Attached to 28 Jan 45
440522 BK Norfold, Trinidad, Venezuela shakedown cruise
440731 HA Leaves Boston, San Diego, Pearl Harbor transit
440924 BB Leaves Pearl Harbor for Ulithi staging area
441010 WP Leyte Operations, Okinawa Strike
441014 BH 1 bomb hit causes minor damage off Formosa
441118 CG F6F Hellcat burns as belly tank drops on landing,
explodes
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450106 WR Luzon Operations
450112 BB First Vietnam attack, Saigon harbor with CV-14
450121 BB 500 lb. bomb explodes on deck during taxi. 50 die,
75 injured
450128 GF CVG-80 attached to 9 March 45
450215 WS Iwo Jima Operation
450300 GF CVG-6 attached to August 1945
450318 WT Okinawa Gunto operations with Kyushu strikes, ends
7 April
450407 BH Jap bomb on catapult kills 62, injures 71, off Okinawa
450710 WU Japan Operations, 3rd Fleet begins with Tokyo Plains
raid
450727 GD Carrier aircraft whip assignment code, U
450815 BA 5 battle stars for WWII Pacific Service
450815 BD Navy Unit Commendation
450815 DA USS Hancock, FIGHTIN HANNAH, 19 pp. Distributed
to crew
450930 MC Magic Carpet from Okinawa with 1500 servicemen
451012 DA Gallery, Daniel WAR HISTORY OF USS Hancock, CV-19
81pp.
451021 ME World War II homecoming to San Pedro, CA
451102 MC 451204 Magic Carpet: Admiralty Is. With 3999 servicemen
451211 MC 460103 Magic Carpet: Manilla, P.I. with 3773 troops
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460311 MC 460423 Magic Carpet: Saipan, Guam,
Alameda
460311 ND Delivers CVG-80 & 19 to Saipan, to Guam, Returns
2 groups
460608 DA Kernahan, G. Bombing Squadron Seven, AmerAirHistSoc
3/86
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470509 AF 540301 : Decommissioned at Bremerton,
WA, reserve status
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510717 AJ 540301 : 1st modernization, SCB-27C
at Puget Sound yard
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521001 AH Designated CVA-19, attack carrier
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540200 CA Previous homeport: San Diego to
18 January 60
540215 AE Recommissioned at Puget Sound Navy Yard
540617 MF 1st steam catapult launch, 5B-2F
Tracker of VS-38
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550714 CG F7U-3 of VF-124 fiery deck crashes
after ramp landing hit
550810 FF 560315 : 1st WestPac cruise, Philippines, Okinawa
550810 GC CVG-12 embarked, Tail code D
550824 AJ 561115 : 2nd modernization, SCB-125 at San Francisco
yard
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570101 DF 4-enclosed bow, angle deck, port
aerial view, Pro 8/57
570406 FF 570918 : 2nd WestPac, Japan, Okinawa, Formosa, Hong
Kong
570406 GC ATG-2 embarked, Tail code NB
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580215 FF 581002 : 3rd WestPac cruise, Japan,
Taiwan coast support
580215 GC CVG-15 embarked, Tail code NL
580823 EF Taiwan Expeditionary Force service dates; to 9 Sep
58
581003 DG Spellout : OUR TOWN (San Francisco) on homecoming
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590630 DI Navy Battle "E" for Pacific
awarded for fiscal 1959
590700 CF Gala San Francisco open house draws 20,396 people
1st day
590801 FF 600118 : 4th WestPac cruise, Laos contingency ops
590801 GC CVG-15 embarked, Tail code NL
590914 EE Quomoy-Matsu Expeditionary Force service dates;
17 Sep 59
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600200 BF First moon relay photographs taken
of the Spellout
600200 DG Spellout : MOON RELAY
600800 FF 610319 : 5th WestPac cruise, Laos contingency, Philippines
600800 GC CVG-11 embarked, Tail code NH
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610319 DO Ports of call : Manila, Hong Kong,
Guam, Yokosuka
610400 AK Overhaul period at Puget Sound NSY
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620202 FF 620820 : 6th WestPac cruise, South
Vietnam, Quomoy Is. Ops
620202 GC CVG-21 embarked, Tail code NP
620310 EH Vietnam Expeditionary Force service dates; 20 May
62
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630607 FF 631216 : 7th WestPac cruise, South
Korea deployment
630607 GC CVG-21 embarked, Tail code NP
630828 EH Vietnam Expeditionary Force service dates; to 10
Nov 63
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640600 CB Homeport report for all Vietnam
cruises: North Island, CA
641021 FN 650529 : 1st Vietnam war cruise, Japan, 82 line
days
641021 GC CVW-21 embarked, Tail code NP
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650000 DF 3-aerial starboard bow view, 1965
photo, Pro 8/72 p.39
651110 FN 660801 : 2nd Vietnam war cruise. Hong Kong. 143
line days
651110 GC CVW-21 embarked, Tail code NP
660801 (The Yeoman inserted this - Return CONUS)
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670105 FN 670722 : 3rd Vietnam war cruise,
Tonkin Gulf. 102 line days
670105 GC CVG-5 embarked, Tail code NF
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680718 FN 690303 : 4th Vietnam war cruise.
107 line days
680718 GC CVW-21 embarked, Tail code NP
681202 EK Deploys to Korea coast after provocative No. Korea
actions
681224 DD Bob Hope Christmas show off Vietnam
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690802 FN 700415 : 5th Vietnam war &
WestPac cruise. 115 line days
690802 GC CVW-21 embarked, Tail code NP
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700629 DL 19 Junior officers submit anti-Vietnam
war petition to CO
701022 FN 710602 : 6th Vietnam war cruise. 100 line days
701022 GC CVW-21 embarked, Tail code NP
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711103 GA Carrier qualifications off California
coast of VMA 214
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720000 DF 4-color aerial view from starboard,
angle deck, Pro 4/73
720107 FN 721003 : 7th Vietnam war & WestPac cruise. 165
line days
720107 GC CVW-21 embarked, Tail code NP
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730000 BD Navy Unit Commendation for a Vietnam
cruise, only 2-war award
730000 DJ Report that black tensions border on mutiny, Pro
10/79 p47
730508 FN 740108 : Vietnam (29 line days), Indian Ocean. Arab-Israel
war
730508 GC CVW-21 embarked, Tail Code NP
730508 NA Portion of WestPac cruise in Indian Ocean, N. Arabian
Sea
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740108 MF Record 8 Vietnam war cruises by
a carrier
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750400 FF 751020 : WestPac cruise, aid in
Vietnam evacuations
750400 GC CVW-21 embarked, Tail code NP
750429 EH Evacuates planes during Vietnam collapse off Cambodia
750429 ND As helicopter platform aid in Saigon evacuation
750519 ND Off Cambodia as LPH
platform during Mayaguez crisis
750630 AO Designated AGMR, major communications relay ship
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760000 DB Ed. The FIGHTING HANNAH, Battery
Press, Nashville, 142p
760130 CM Complete list of Commanding Officers in file
760130 IB Final Decommissioning
760131 AL Scrapped, no reserve status
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List courtesy of Charles Boyst, 1801 West Bend Ct., Clemmons,
NC 27012
Stamp:
Rudolf J. Friederich
1539 Fox Meadow Circle
Knoxvile, TN 37923