TICONDEROGA CVS 14

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Essex Class Aircraft Carrier Keel Laid March 1 1943 as "HANCOCK" Renamed May 1 1943 Launched February 7 1944 USS TICONDEROGA CV-14 Commissioned May 8 1944 - Decommissioned January 9 1947 Recommissioned January 31 1952 - Decommissioned April 4 1952 Redesignated Attack Carrier (CVA) October 1 1952 USS TICONDEROGA CVA-14 Recommissioned September 11 1954 USS TICONDEROGA CVS-14 Redesignated Anti-submarine Carrier (CVS) October 21 1969 Decommissioned September 1 1973 Struck from Naval Regiser November 16 1973 Sold August 15 1974 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Ticonderoga Covers Page 1    (1944-72)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning May 8 1944 to January 9 1947

 

Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945

1945-10-27

As CV-14

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-06-20

As CV-14
Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15852)

1945-09-09

As CV-14

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3rd Commissioning September 11 1954 to November 16 1973

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1954-10-12

As CVA-14
Columbus Day, Cachet Artist - Dorothy W. Knapp - Cachet Sponsor - Frank V. Kupillas

 

Locy Type 2

1955-01-29

As CVA-14
Welcome to Norfolk Portuguese Minesweeper "NRP S. PEDRO", cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2

1955-09-21

As CVA-14

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (CVS,USS)

1972-12-19

As CVS-14
Apollo 17 Recovery Force R/S cachet provided by Morris W. Beck

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (CVS,USS)

1973-06-22

As CVS-14

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1963-08-16

As CVA-14

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (CVS,USS)

1970-03-13

As CVS-14

 

Locy Type 7n+ (C+)

1955-07-06

As CVA-14

 

Locy Type 7q(n) (USS)

1966-02-14

As CVA-14

 

Locy Type 9efu

1954-10-28

As CVA-14

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Navy Unit Commendation (3) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5 stars) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal ("Asia" clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (4) - Vietnam Service Medal (12 stars) - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Gallantry Cross Medal with Palm) - Philippine Liberation Medal (1 star) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of John Hancock (1737-1793)
President of the Second Continental Congress and of the Congress of the Confederation, the first Governor of Massachusetts, and the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence.
Six ships of the US Navy have been named HANCOCK - USS Hancock (Schooner 1775), USS Hancock (Sailing Frigate 1776), USS Hancock (Frigate 1778), USS Hancock AP-3, USS Hancock/Ticonderoga CV-14 and USS Hancock CV-19. Additionly, two ships of the US Navy have been named JOHN HANCOCK - USS John Hancock (Steamship 1850) and USS John Hancock DD-981.

NAMESAKE - Named to commemorate the capture of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10 1775 by Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys.

 

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