File:USS Lewis Hancock (DD-675) christening by LT Joy Bright Hancock 80-G-81255.jpg

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Description 80-G-81255 USS Lewis Hancock (DD-675) - The ship's sponsor, Lieutenant Joy Bright Hancock, USNR, prepares for the christening, during launching ceremonies at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, 1 August 1943. The ship was named in honor of Lieutenant Hancock's late husband, Lieutenant Commander Lewis Hancock, USN, who was killed in the crash of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) in 1925.
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