 "Ticonderoga" was decommissioned in 1973 and sold for scrap in 1975.The ship was laid down as "Hancock" on 1 February 1943 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., renamed "Ticonderoga" on 1 May 1943, and launched on 7 February 1944, sponsored by Miss Stephanie Sarah Pell.She was commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 8 May 1944, Captain Dixie Kiefer in command.