Hanken, Robert, ND1

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Petty Officer First Class
Last Primary NEC
ND-5341-Master Diver
Last Rating/NEC Group
Navy Diver
Primary Unit
1941-1945, USS Bennington (CV-20)
Service Years
1941 - 1945
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Iwo Jima
Cold War
Deep Dive Diploma
ND-Navy Diver
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Home State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
 Year of Birth
1924
 
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Contact Info
Last Address
Sunbury, Pa.
Staten Island, NY
Date of Passing
Jan 06, 1985		  

 Official Badges 

WW II Honorable Discharge Pin US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Order of the Golden Shellback Order of the Emerald Shellback


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)Post -
  1950, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) - Assoc. Page
  1950, American Legion, Post - (Member) (Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania) - Chap. Page


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  1941-1945, USS Bennington (CV-20)
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Unit
USS Bennington (CV-20) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer First Class
NEC
Not Specified

Base, Station or City
Florida
State/Country
United States
  
 
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 USS Bennington (CV-20) Details

USS Bennington (CV-20) 		Hull number CV-20
  • Essex class (short-hull) Fleet Carrier:
  • Displacement: 27,100 tons
  • Length: 872'
  • Extreme width: 147' 6"
  • Beam: 93'
  • Draft: 28'7"
  • Speed: 33 kts.
  • Armament: 12 - 5"/38, 103 planes
  • Complement: 3448
  • Built at New York Navy Yard and Launched 26 February 1944
  • Commissioned 6 August 1944 as CV-20
  • Out of commission in reserve at Norfolk 8 November 1946.
  • Recommissioned 13 November 1952 as CVA-20
  • One of her catapults exploded 26 May 1954
  • New York Naval Shipyard
    repairs & complete rebuild 12 June 1954 - 19 March 1955
  • Departed Mayport Fla., 8 September 1955 for the Pacific
  • Redesignated as CVS-20 an ASW carrier 30 June 1959
  • Decommissioned 15 January 1970
  • Stricken 20 September 1989
  • Sold for scrap 12 January 1994



Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Essex-class
Strength
Aircraft Carrier

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Jan 15, 2008
   
   
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27 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS Bennington (CV-20)
HESSEL, EDWARD, CAPT Lieutenant Commander
Gregory, Hayden, CDR, (1941-1968) Lieutenant
Martin, Howard, PO1, (1941-1947) Petty Officer Second Class
Sprague, Clifton Albert F, VADM, (1917-1951) OFF 132X Rear Admiral Upper Half
Connally, John, LCDR, (1941-1946) OFF 250X Lieutenant Commander
Hamm, Andrew Britte, LCDR, (1939-1945) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Jennings, Robert Harvey, CDR, (1943-1954) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Tabler, Rodney Charles, LT, (1942-1945) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Cosbie, Robert, LTJG, (1943-1945) OFF 630X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Stetler, Charles Jackson, ENS, (1943-1945) OFF 131X Ensign
Fox, James, PO1, (1943-1946) ARM Petty Officer First Class
MORRIS, WILLIAM, PO1, (1941-1946) EM EM-4615 Petty Officer First Class
Genre, Robert, CPO, (1938-1978) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Jobson, John, PO2, (1944-1952) CYN CYN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Briggs, Sylvan W., PO2, (1936-1946) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Foreman, Guy William, PO2, (1941-1945) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Hanke, John, PO2, (1944-1946) ART ART-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Clower, Howard, PO3, (1944-1946) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Coffey, Leonard, S2c, (1943-1946) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Dye, James Wesley, PO3, (1943-1945) ARM ARM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Pettinger, Walter, PO3, (1944-1946) AMH AM-8345 Petty Officer Third Class
York, Grady Alvah, PO3, (1943-1945) AO AO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Chester L., Maxwell, S1c, (1944-1946) AO 8286 Seaman First Class
Deschenes, Roland Clarence, S1c, (1944-1946) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Handzel, Stanley, S1c, (1945-1946) 00 00E Seaman First Class
Jahnz, Roy Louis, S1c, (1945-1946) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
MUIRHEAD, ROSS, S1c, (1945-1946) 00 00E Seaman First Class

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