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Hello Shipmates,

Please make sure you check out all that is on this Page - because of the content which we have on this Website, we often use Scrolling Pages - which is, in today's Internet World, 'behind the times' - the Yeoman has always marched to a different Drummer, and you will see this become more apparent as you peruse this Website. And I'm glad you took the time to come here. Your time will be well spent, I guarantee it!

Once the 'Fighting Hannah's mission was "To control and use the seas for the Security of the Free World" but has now changed - today it's 'To Keep the Memory of Ship and Crew alive for all time."

Although she no longer sails the Seas, except in our collective Memory.. it has become Our Duty to continue the Hancock Tradition - a Tradition of Excellence. We do it now through such websites as this memorial.

I am Jake, Web Yeoman of The USS Hancock Memorial. Having served aboard the Hannah from 1962 - 1964 as a Captain's Yeoman, I believe this qualifies me as your Tour Guide on this cruise back into the past aboard the Ghostly Hannah. If you haven't as yet been Welcomed aboard, then let me welcome you now.

Once a Living, breathing Leviathan on the Seas, she is now Sailing the Azure seas of our Collective Memory and why I've dubbed her, "The Ghostly Hannah" today.

We hope you agree we have lived up to that tradition.

On 15 February 1954, the Hancock's Hull designation changed from CV-19 to CVA-19 when she was re-commissioned. This designation made her an "Attack" Aircraft Carrier. However, the Hancock was always an Attack Aircraft carrier, due to her record in WWII. It was true then, and continued to be true, that she was one of the hardest working Carriers in the Fleet, and continued this legacy for over 32 years.

During the Vietnam conflict, the Hannah was once more Re-designated CV-19, because she was a 'squirt' alongside the larger Super Carriers of the day, and that, because she could not handle the larger birds, such as the Phantoms. She was, however, an Attack Aircraft Carrier to the keel, from Stem to Stern - from beginning to end! Ask any one who served aboard her. There is no doubt in the Hancock Pride, for her Records Still Stand in Naval History.

Also, let it be completely understood, that Hannah kept up her end in most every way. The 'Fighting Hannah' was no slacker, nor was her Crew! That may be said for all the years she served our Nation, and so Kudos go out to our Ship, and to all who served during this Special time in our history. Hancock was an extraordinary ship which called for an extraordinary Crew! So all hail to the Hannah and her Crew! To those of our Crew, please read the "Special Crew Award" which is yours, and which Jake now presents to you...

Since the Quarterdeck was always the Point of Entry on the Hancock for the Crew, any link you find on this Page will lead you to other interestesting areas of the Website. As the ship was strewn with many passageways and compartments, think where you go here as down those passageway and into those compartments.. but remember to return here to the Hub Section (Quarterdeck) to continue your tour.

Thanks! - Jake the Yeoman

The Web Yeoman Stands Ready to Share the Memories

Our Website Awards

Wondering about your Ribbons & Awards? Visit the Hannah Awards Information Page

Important: Searching for your Records? Try our Records Searching Suggestions
Links on how to search the Internet or write for Troop Movements and other Data

Did you know that the 'Fighting Hannah' was also designated an LPH for a short time in 1975, during operations 'Eagle Pull' and 'Frequent Wind'? Read about it. Make sure you use the 'Back' button to return.

You will find interesting Launches on this page, but the best is yet to be discovered. Make sure you bookmark areas on the site for future visits. I assure you that this Website is like Disneyworld, you cannot see all of it in one visit! So take your time within each Compartment, as you will find lots of interesting and Memory-jogging areas on the Cyber-Hannah.

Please make sure you look at all Links on the 'Quarterdeck' because this is the heart of the 'Cyber-Hannah' and we have access here to many great sections provided here, to help you on your 'tour' back in time!

! Please direct any Communication you wish to this Website using our Standard Email Form !

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Tribute to the oldest surviving WWII Congressional Medal of Honor
Recipient and Hancock Crew Member - John William Finn

Sailor, uncover and stand at Attention

This Website will Honor this Autstralian Naval Veteran in perpetuity as a Tribute to our Brothers Down Under
This Memorial was created March 13, 2007 - Please wait until the Austrailian National Anthem is played

Read about an American Legend who also served in HANCOCK IN WWII
Ira Harkey, Jr.

Shipmate, Civil Rights Pioneer and Activist, Patriot And True American

So you say you want to Join the Navy and go to Sea?

Something every future Sailor should read before he decides to Enlist in Naval Service

Welcome to the Quarterdeck

Sentiments of the 'Fighting Hannah'

Catch the Spirit, Shipmates - make sure you visit the following areas - you will be moved!!

The 'Official Hancock CV/CVA-19 Poem - 1945 by Lt. George 'Hector' Rodgers - Fighting Squadron 6 - Originally submitted by 'Hector' who called himself an "Overpaid Sailor" - and contributed to this Site by Capt Herschel Pahl, USN (Ret), our WWII Representative and Author of 'Point Option' - a wonderful Epic seen through the eyes of a Naval Aviator, during the War in the Pacific. You can visit his Book Site by clicking Here.

While it is true that our ship is now gone, your Web Yeoman, Jake, has tried to keep her alive through this site, our 'Cyber-Hannah!' But before we embark, Please note that your Yeoman is not full of himself, by placing his face all over this site. He is here on an "Extra Work Detail" as your 'Tour Guide' to facilitate your enjoyment on this, your 'tour of duty'. To just log on to a Website, without someone explaining things, is like walking around those old compartments, with his cover pulled down over his eyes, and everyone knows what happens when you do that... Ouch!!! those 'Knee knockers!' So shipmates... The "Ghostly Hannah" is about to embark on one more WestPac Cruise into the Past, with you aboard as ship's company.. please come aboard, stow your seabag... Muster on the Flight Deck... Over the 1MC, we hear Piped, "Over the Side" and the familiar words, "Hancock Arriving!" then... "Now set the Special Sea and Anchor Detail... The Boatswain of the Watch passes the order to "Single up all lines", blows his pipe, and passes the word, "Shift Colors..." Haze Gray and Underway....

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"And do not think of these ships as the Navy. The ships alone are masses of inert matter; they are of themselves powerless. The thing that makes the ships alive, the thing that makes them turn to the right and to the left, and take part in maneuvers, and fire their guns, is the spirit of man. It is the spirit of man that designs and makes and vivifies the ships.  The Navy is not composed of ships: the Navy is composed of men.  The ships are the tools they use."

Shipmates.. Feedback and Comments are always welcome. Please take some time and let us know how you felt about your visit, or if you have any ideas or suggestions. The Yeoman is always open for good ideas to improve this site.

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