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![By USN - U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Hancock (CVA-19) 1957 cruise book available at Navysite.de, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24003531](https://nationalinterest.org/sites/default/files/styles/listing/public/main_images/A99%20%281%29.jpg?itok=zs7YngvP "By USN - U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Hancock (CVA-19) 1957 cruise book available at Navysite.de, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24003531")
