Lewis Hancock Jr., Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Lewis Hancock Jr.

American politician

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1889

Date of Death: 03-Sep-1925

Profession: politician, military officer, submariner

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Lewis Hancock Jr.

  • Lewis Hancock Jr.
  • (October 15, 1889 – September 3, 1925) served in the United States Navy during World War I as a submariner.
  • He later became a naval aviator.
  • His father, Lewis Hancock, was a prominent banker and served as the mayor of Austin, Texas from 1895 to 1897 while also creating the first public golf course, which today remains as the nine-hole Hancock Golf Course in central Austin.
  • [1] Lewis Hancock Jr.
  • was born on October 15, 1889 in Austin, Texas.
  • He was appointed to the U.S.
  • Naval Academy from that state in 1906 and graduated in June 1910.
  • He served in the battleship Vermont (BB-20) before being commissioned as an Ensign in March 1912, then underwent submarine instruction and served in the new submarine G-1.
  • In 1913–1915 Ensign Hancock commanded the submarine C-2.
  • Promoted to Lieutenant (Junior Grade) in 1915, he was Commanding Officer of the submarine L-4 in 1916–1918, receiving the Navy Cross for "distinguished service" in her during World War I combat operations against German U-boats.
  • Later in 1918 Lieutenant Commander Hancock was Captain of another submarine, L-7.
  • He also had wartime and post-war tours as a machinery inspector. During the first years of the 1920s, Hancock served in the battleships Georgia (BB-15) and Wyoming (BB-32), commanded the destroyer Sloat (DD-316) and had shore duty with the Navy Department and the Department of Commerce. Assigned to airship duty in 1922, he was designated a Naval Aviator in 1924, while serving with the dirigible Shenandoah (ZR-1).
  • Lieutenant Commander Hancock was the airship's Executive Officer when she crashed near Caldwell, Ohio on September 3, 1925, and lost his life in that tragic accident.
  • He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
  • [2] His widow, Joy Bright Hancock, a long-time employee of the Bureau of Aeronautics, became one of the Navy's first women officers in 1942 and, as a Captain, was Director of the WAVES 1946–1953.

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