USS Bancroft
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Three ships of the United States Navy
have been named Bancroft in honor of George Bancroft
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United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
have been named Bancroft in honor of George Bancroft
George Bancroft
George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845...
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- The , was a gunboat, launched in 1892, commissioned in 1893 and decommissioned in 1906.
- The , was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and transferred to the Royal Canadian NavyRoyal Canadian NavyThe history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
as HMCS St. Francis.
- The , was a Benson-class destroyer commissioned in 1942 and decommissioned in 1946.