HANCOCK CV 19

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Essex (Long Hull) AKA Ticonderoga Class Carrier
    Keel Laid January 26 1943 as TICONDEROGA
    Renamed May 1 1943
    Launched January 24 1944

  1. USS HANCOCK CV-19
    Commissioned April 15 1944 - Decommissioned May 9 1947
    Conversion begins December 15 1951
    Redesignated Attack Aircraft Carrier (CVA) October 1 1952

  2. USS HANCOCK CVA-19
    Recommissioned February 15 1954 - Decommissioned April 13 1956

  3. USS HANCOCK CVS-19
    Recommissioned November 15 1956
    Redesignated Antisubmarine Aircraft Carrier (CVS) June 30 1956

  4. USS HANCOCK CV-19
    Reverted to Carrier (CV) June 30 1975
    Decommissioned January 30 1976

    Struck from Naval Register February 1 1976
    Sold September 1 1976 for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. Hancock Covers Page 1    (1944-72)

 

Postmarks

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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Post Office Established May 15 1944 - Disestablished September 5 1946


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-04-25

As CV-19


 

Locy Type
2z

1945-05-12

As CV-19
Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

Locy Type
Fz

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-8

1945-09-02

As CV-19
Tokyo Bay


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-8a

1945-09-24

As CV-19
Tokyo Bay


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-8b

1945-09-24

As CV-19


Post Office Reestablished February 26 1954 - Disestablished December 15 1975


 

Locy Type
FDC 2 Feb 15, 1954

1954-02-15

As CVA-19
First Day in Commission


 

Locy Type
2

1954-12-05

As CVA-19


 

Locy Type
2(n+)

1956-03-22

As CVA-19


 

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS) 1963

1969-10-27

As CVA-19


 

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS) 1971

1972-02-29

As CVS-19
Leap Year, Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
2t(n+u)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-8c

1958-10-07

As CVA-19


 

Locy Type
2t(n+u)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-8d

1961-07-12

CVA-19. Cachet by Martin W. Longseth


 

Locy Type
7dit(nu) (POW/MIA)

1971-11-15

As CVS-19


 

Locy Type
7dit(nu) (POW/MIA)

1972-07-27

As CVS-19


 

Locy Type
7t(nu) (USS)

1967-10-09

As CVS-19
Official Ship's cachet.


 

Locy Type
9ef(n+u) (USS,N.Y.)

1974-04-15

As CVS-19 Cachet is thermographed, created by Frederick L. Karcher


 

Locy Type
9efu

1961-07-12

CVA-19. Cachet by Martin W. Longseth


 

Locy Type
PPR

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-8e

1974-04-15

As CVS-19
Cachet is thermographed, created by Frederick L. Karcher


 

Locy Type
PPR

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-8e

1974-04-15

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

 

Other Information

HANCOCK earned the Navy Unit Commendation and 4 Battle Stars for WWII service

NAMESAKE - John Hancock (1737-1793)
President of the Second Continental Congress and of the Congress of the Confederation, the first Governor of Massachusetts, and the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence.

Six ships of the US Navy have been named HANCOCK - USS Hancock (Schooner 1775), USS Hancock (Sailing Frigate 1776), USS Hancock (Frigate 1778), USS Hancock AP-3, USS Hancock CV-14 and USS Hancock CV-19. Additionly, two ships of the US Navy have been named JOHN HANCOCK - USS John Hancock (Steamship 1850) and USS John Hancock DD-981

 


 

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