USS Lewis Hancock

USS Lewis Hancock was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for Lewis Hancock. Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J. laid her keel on 31 March 1943. She entered service on 29 September 1943, having been launched on 1 August 1943.

Her class ran to 173 ships. The class followed the Gleaves-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer.

Displacement was 2,050 long tons. She measured 114.6 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 11.9 m (39 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 329.

Her main battery was five 127 mm (5 in) guns.

She served with the United States Navy as Lewis Hancock until 18 December 1957. She then passed to the Brazilian Navy, serving as Piaui (D 31) from 1 August 1967. She was in commission for 705 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 18 December 1957. She was struck from the register on 15 March 1973.

She was broken up for scrap in 1989.

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