Joy Bright Hancock, a veteran of both the First and Second World Wars, was one of the first women officers of the United States Navy.

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.