USS Hank (DD-702), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for Lieutenant Commander William Hank. Hank was launched 21 May 1944 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. William Edwin Hank, widow of Lieutenant Commander Hank; and commissioned on 28 August 1944, G. M. Chambers in command.