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	15k	William Edwin Hank was born at Norfolk, Virginia on 25 September 1902 and was a member of the Naval Academy Class of ’25. Before World War II, he served at various shore stations and in New York, Hull (DD 350) and Saratoga. Commissioned lieutenant commander in 1940, he took command of Laffey (DD 459), the original flagship of Destroyer Squadron 12, on 1 April 1942. Arriving in the war zone in August, his ship rescued survivors when Wasp (CV 7) was torpedoed and sunk in September and thereafter operated with surface action task forces, with which he twice received the Navy Cross; first for action at the Battle of Cape Esperance, 12 October 1942; second, posthumously, for action at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12–13 November 1942, when Laffey was sunk.		Bill Gonyo
	154k	Artist's conception of the Hank as built in a cutaway view by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.		Navy Yard Associates
	95k	Artist's conception of the Hank as she appeared after the early 1950's conversion by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.		Navy Yard Associates
	123k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Oddo
	81k	Undated, location unknown.		John LaSala
	79k	Undated, location unknown.		John LaSala
	102k	Undated, location unknown.		John LaSala
	226k	Undated, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	62k	Souvenir button of the launching of the USS John W. Weeks (DD-701) and USS Hank (DD-702) on May 21 1944. Courtesy of www.timepassagesnostalgia.com.		Tom Kermen
	85k	August 26 1944, as delivered to the USN from her builder. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 16d.		John LaSala
	86k	USS Hank (DD-702), after delivery by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey, August 26 1944. National Archives and Records Administration photo # 19-N-71818.		Robert Hurst
	33k	Circa 1944-1945 in WWII camouflage. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 9d. Even though this photograph is labeled as the Hank, this is in question and it may indeed be the USS DeHaven (DD-729) instead.		Rick Hodges
	80k	At anchor at Ulithi in 1945.		Gerald E. Moore SoM2c
	66k	The USS Chikaskia (AO-54) refueling the USS Hank (DD-702), taken from the USS South Dakota (BB-57), February 1945.		Pieter Bakels
	105k	USS Hank (DD 702), December 23 1945 at Amami Oshima. Photo by Frank P. White Jr.		Jim White
	192k	International News Photo dated March 1946 of Norfolk with USS Shangri La (CV-38) in the center, also at the pier are the USS Hank (DD-702), USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703) and USS Borie (DD-704).		David Buell
	192k	June 1951, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	221k	USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703), USS English (DD-696), USS Borie (DD-704) and USS Hank (DD-702) returning to Norfolk on June 10 1951.		Ron Reeves
	180k	USS Hank (DD-702) and USS English (DD-696) in Genoa, Italy on July 28 1957.		Carlo Martinelli
	140k	October 20 1962		John LaSala
	87k	Destroyer Squadron 30 in Montreal July 1965.		Marc Piché
	28k	USS BARTON (DD-722), USS HANK (DD-702) and USS PURDY (DD-734) in Cleveland, Ohio August 1965.		Mike Smolinski
	162k	September 1971, steaming up the Delaware River.		Ed Zajkowski
	65k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	59k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
On Argentinian Service
	146k	The First and Second Destroyer Divisions in 1979 at the Naval Base of Puerto Belgrano, near Bahia Blanca in the south part of Buenos Aires Province. Since no hull numbers can be seen it is impossible to accurately identify each ship, however, the ships present include the D 22 Rosales (ex DD 644 Stembel), D 29 Piedrabuena (ex DD 730 Collett), D 25 Seguí (ex DD 702 Hank), D 23 Domecq Garcia (ex DD630 Braine), D 24 Storni (ex DD 547 Cowell), D 27 Py (ex DD 877 Perkins) and the D 26 Bouchard (ex DD 704 Borie). Additional info thanks to Adalberto Alvarez; "In the photograph, the ships on the right belong to the 2nd Division of Destroyers. On the left, we see the 1st Division of Destroyers, and we find the Bouchard among these. (The Bouchard was assigned to the 2nd Division in 1980). The ship we see on the front of the 1st Division Destroyers is not the Bouchard, because the Bouchard didn’t have that kind of life rafts until 1982, during the war. The ship in the middle belongs to the Fletcher class. This means that the Bouchard is the one moored to dock."		Horacio Héctor Virardi
	106k	Undated, ARA Segui (D25) at her moorings at Ushuaia. Argentine Navy Photo, from http://www.histarmar.com.		Robert Hurst
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CDR George Mitchell Chambers    Aug 28 1944 - Oct 10 1945
LCDR Robert Dudley Kirkptrick Jr.    Oct 10 1945 –  Sep 25 1946
LCDR Stanley Restaum Craw Jr.    Sep 25 1946 - 1947	
LCDR John William Myers Montgomery    1947 - 1947
CDR Richard Rockwell Pratt    ? 1948 - ? (Later RADM)
LCDR Archibald Thomas Nicholson Jr.    Sep 1949 - 1950
CDR Albert Royal Olsen    1950 - 1951
CDR Charles Koenigsberger Jr.    Aug 1952 - Jul 17 1954
CDR Thomas Oliver Tabor III    Jul 17 1954 - Oct 6 1956
CDR Raymond Vincent Welch    Oct 6 1956 - Sep 6 1958
CDR Robert Milton Johnson    Sep 6 1958 - Mar 9 1960
CDR Max Howell Ostrander    Mar 9 1960 - Mar 15 1961
CDR John Monroe Dinwiddie    Mar 15 1961 - Mar 26 1963
CDR Richard Jospeh Mallon    Mar 26 1963 - Oct 31 1964
CDR Jack Lambert Koons    Oct 31 1964 - 1966
CDR Harold Eugene Huling    Aug 18 1966 - 1968
CDR Arthur Adolph Strunk    1968 - Mar 20 1970
CDR Malcolm Lee Barringer    Mar 20 1970 - Oct 23 1971
CDR George Irvin Knowles    Oct 23 1971 - May 1972
LCDR Tim Hal Roberts    May 1972 - Jul 1 1972