Hancock (CV 19) - Naval Cruise Book

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One of 15 Jap Tankers Hit Off Camrcmh Bay- Jcmucwy 12, 1945

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kg! Y, i .N ' 1 P Gs Katori Class Cruiser Hit By Ha1mah's Planes in East China Sea Um ,JW r , ,, V. T , x D' I v. 3 . Down by the Stern- Janaary 12, 1944

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Avengers Along French Indo-China, Coast another enemy plane as it neared the release point of its bombing run on the Hannah, the bomb striking the water within one hundred feet -of old number nineteen. Enemy planes were everywhere and fighter pilots took many chances by following them right into the formation and through the fire sent up by their own ships. One F6F, set afire as he courageously dove after the raiding planes, managed to right his ship for a water landing but his plane exploded as he hit the water and searching destroyers were unable to find a survivor. Attacks continued through the night and into the Zlst with little let-up. During the raids our own ships hit the Hannah's stack with ack-ack in their efforts to knock down the persistent Japs. Air strikes were launched against the Nansei Shoto Islands daily from the 23rd through the 27th. On .March 28th, strikes were directed against Minami Daito Jima, about T80 miles from Okinawa while strikes on f-the 29th con- centrated on Kyushu again. From March 3Oth to April 6th the Hannah's planes flew in close support to the Tenth Army which landed on the western coast of Okinawa on April lst, Again the Japs fought from deep-prepared entrenchments against the onslaught of the Fifth and Sixth Marine Divisions