Hancock (CV 19) - Naval Cruise Book

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'THE FIBHTIN' HANNAH By E. G. HINES, usNR. . 1 Naval warfare is one of civilization's oldest sciences, its axioms modified as progress in propulsion and armament dictate but fundamentally unchanged in doctrines and concepts. The successful naval strategist and tactician must be a keen student of history in order to understand the precepts under which his potential enemies, guided as they may be by geographical limitation and political aspiration, must design and deploy their fleet. , It was fortunate indeed that far-sighted naval officers salvaged from the Washington Arms Conference of l922 the right to convert two battle- cruisers, then under construction, as aircraft carriers. These two carriers, the Saratoga and Lexington, formed the nucleus of a new naval unit, the Fast Carrier Force, which was to weave a vast network of air power over the tremendous reaches of the Pacific in World War ll. Prophetic too, the decision to name this new-type ship for great and decisive battles in the rise of American Democracy and for famous and gallant ships which fought for American principles. Thus the new Hancock became another in the long line of vessels to bear the name of the great statesman