USS Hancock CV-19 / CVA-19 / CV-19 (Ex- Ticonderoga)

Name:
Laid down as Ticonderoga
Renamed Hancock May 1, 1943
Type:
Aircraft Carrier
Class:
Essex (Long)
Hull Number:
CV-19
CVA-19 (Oct.1, 1952)
CV-19 (June 30, 1975)
Built By:
Bethlehem Steel Corp.
Quincy, Massachusetts
Keel Laid Down:
January 26, 1943
Launched:
January 24, 1944
Commissioned:
April 15, 1944
Decommissioned:
January 30, 1976
Stricken:
January 31, 1976
Fate:
September 1, 1976 Sold for scrap
Length:
888'
Beam:
93'
147' 5" (Flight deck)
Draft:
29'
Displacement:
27,100 (Light)
9,280 (DWT)
36,380 (Full)
Crew:
3,448

Builder's Data
Page revised Apr. 15, 2008