Hancock (CV 19) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1945

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glimpse of this equatorial melting pot. The Hannah steamed up the west coast of Central America, past Acapulco, Mexico, to San Diego, for a final week in the United States before heading for Pearl Harbor, T. H. Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Keyes, RN., Admiral Nimitz, USN., Lieutenant General Buckner, U.S.A., and Rear Admiral Sherman, USN., paying the Hannah a visit on September l4th, were treated to a full day's inspection of air power and performance of an American carrier. OPERATION ONE After three weeks of liberty and operational exe-rcises in Hawaii the Hancock moved on to Ulithi, the coral-reefed lagoon in the western Carolines, to join up with Task Force 38.2 of Admiral W. F. Halsey's Third Fleet. The Hancock sortied Uithi on October 6th as a part of Task Unit 38.2.l under Rear Admiral Bogan, USN. The primary task of this unit was to elimi- nate air'power in the principal Philippine support areas in preparation for an amphibious landing at Leyte. Steaming north and west fr-om Ulithi the fast carrier force hit airfields on Okinawa Jima on October lOth while recon- noitering Amami O Jima and Manami Daito Shima, all in the Nansei Shoto Islands. From the flight decks of the Hannah the planes of Air Group Seven rose in l56 sorties over the target, wreaking devastation upon Okinawa's Enemy Coastal Craft Off Olcinawa Hit cmd Afire-October 10, 1944

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