USS Lewis Hancock

History
United States
Name	Lewis Hancock
Namesake	Lewis Hancock, Jr.
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
Laid down	31 March 1943
Launched	1 August 1943
Commissioned	29 September 1943
Decommissioned	18 December 1957
Stricken	15 March 1973
Fate	Transferred to Brazil, 1 August 1967
History
Brazil
Name	Piaui (D 31)
Acquired	1 August 1967
Commissioned	1 August 1967
Stricken	1989
Fate	Scrapped, 1989
General characteristics
Class & type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	376 ft 5 in (114.7 m)
Beam	39 ft 7 in (12.1 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45 MW);; geared turbines;; 2 propellers;
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,500 nautical miles at 15 kt; (12,000 km at 30 km/h);
Complement	329
Armament	5 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns,; 14 × 40 mm AA guns,; 12 × 20 mm AA guns,; 5 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes,; 6 × depth charge projectors,; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Lewis Hancock (DD-675) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, in service from 1943 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1957. She was sold to Brazil in 1967, where she served as Piaui (D31) until being scrapped in 1989.