Navy legend lost two husbands in airship crashes before leading WAVES
By: Richard Sisk | Published: 2026-11-11 18:02:42 | Source: www.militarytimes.com
Navy Lt. Joy Bright Hancock recalled the mix of sorrow and pride she felt at the 1943 ceremony to christen the destroyer named for Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lewis Hancock, who was the second husband she had lost in a crash aboard a Navy rigid airship.
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Her husband, the executive officer of the 680-foot Navy dirigible Shenandoah, was among the 14 killed when the rigid airship was caught in a violent…
