Caption | USS Hancock underway in the Philippine Sea, 15 Dec 1944 ww2dbase | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | |||||||
Identification Code | NH 89281 | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 15 Dec 1944 | |||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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29 May 2010 10:53:18 AM
This photo offers the best look at an Essex-class design modification unique to Hancock and her sister-ship, Ticonderoga. A “notch†was cut in the edge of the flight deck port-side forward to accommodate a Mark 37 gun director that was to have been mounted on the former hangar-deck catapult sponson. Only Ticonderoga and Hancock actually had the cut and only Hancock made it into the Pacific with the cut still in tact. They were eliminated on both ships as they were considered to be a hazard to aircraft taking off.