US Navy Distress Light Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Hancock

In a very good condition a stunning distress light /strobe of the WW2 Aircraft Carrier USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19).
The light was taken from the USS Hancock before it was scrapped.
A distress signal light indicates that a person or group of people, watercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle (in this case an Aircraft Carrier) is threatened by a serious or imminent danger and requires immediate assistance.
The light was attached to the command post of the ship.
The USS Hancock was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Hancock was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the namesake of Founding Father John Hancock, president of the Second Continental Congress and first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hancock was commissioned in April 1944 and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning four battle stars. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA). In her second career, she operated exclusively in the Pacific, playing a prominent role in the Vietnam War, for which she earned a Navy Unit Commendation. She was the first US Navy carrier to have steam catapults installed. She was decommissioned in early 1976 and sold for scrap later that year.
A very stunning historical piece of the pacific war!