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- 1 2 "1943". USS Enterprise CV-6 Association. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
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- 1 2 "Hancock". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command . Retrieved 1 September 2008.
- ↑ "Unit Citation Air Groups and Squadrons 1943–1972". USS Intrepid Association. Retrieved 5 September 2008.