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■ ' uaa letoU kanccck 44 67S USS LEWIS HANCOCK DD 675 was launched by the Kearney Shipyards in Kearney, New Jersey. She was commissioned August 1, 1943 by Captain Joy Hancock USN(W) in honor of her late husband Lieutenant Commander Lewis Hancock, who perished with the airship USS SHENANDOAH in 1925. The Lewis Hancock is a 2100 ton destroyer, 376 ' 6 in length, capable of speeds in excess of 30 knots. The armament includes the main battery of five inch guns, several 40 millimeter anti-aircraft guns, and various anti-submarine weapons. HANCOCK earned eleven battle stars in the Pacific. She was there with Task Group 58.2 at
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the Marshalls, Carolines, Truk, Palau, Yap, New Guinea, Wake, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, and the Philippine Sea. Later with Task Force 38, she saw Luzon, Formosa, Okinawa, the Philippine Liberation, and the invasion of Iwo Jima. Decommissioned on 10 January 1946, she hoisted her pennant once again on 19 May 1951 and was ordered back to action in Korean waters. Detached in January 1953 from the Seventh Fleet, she returned to Newport via Southeast Asia, the Mid-East, and Europe, thus completing the circumnavigation of the globe. In the four years since, she has continued to log sea miles. Completing four more foreign tours, two to Northern Europe and two to the Mediterranean and the Mid-East, plus keeping her commitments to the Atlantic Destroyer Force have made her one of the operatingest ships in the fleet. On 6 May 1957 the Hancock left Newport, Rhode Island, for her second tour of duty with the Sixth Fleet within a period of twelve months. The following pages depict that voy- age. Now this much traveled, much decorated lady is due for another rest. She will report to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for decommis- sioning to take place in December 1957.
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