Name Hancock
Laid down 26 January 1943
Launched 24 January 1944
Commissioned 15 April 1944
Decommissioned 9 May 1947
Recommissioned 15 February 1954
Decommissioned 30 January 1976
Class and type Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement 27,100 long tons (27,500 t) standard
Length 888 feet (271 m) overall
Beam 93 feet (28 m)
Draft 28 feet 7 inches (8.71 m)
Installed power
8 × boilers
150,000 shp (110 MW)
Propulsion
4 × geared steam turbines
4 × shafts
Speed 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement 3448 officers and enlisted
Armament
12 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns
32 × Bofors 40 mm guns
46 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Armor
Belt: 4 in (102 mm)
Hangar deck: 2.5 in (64 mm)
Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm)
Conning tower: 1.5 inch
Aircraft carried 90–100 Aircraft
