USS Hancock underway across Boston’s outer harbor, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, on her way to anchor at President Roads, 18 May 1944. Photo 1 of 3.

Caption     USS Hancock underway across Boston’s outer harbor, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, on her way to anchor at President Roads, 18 May 1944. Photo 1 of 3. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   NH 91546
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Hancock   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 2,362 x 1,776 pixels
Photos in Series See all 3 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 18 May 1944
Photos at Same Place Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
8 Aug 2019 03:04:15 PM

The official Navy caption for this image says it was taken “15 Apr 1944, the day of her commissioning” but this is not possible. Hancock’s war diary says she was in dry dock at the time of her commissioning and remained in dry dock for 6 more days. The first time she made any movements where she would have kicked up even the little wake seen here was on 18 May 1944 when she shifted to President Roads in the outer harbor.

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