Three ships of the
United States Navy
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have been named ''Bancroft'' in honor of
George Bancroft
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.
* , was a gunboat, launched in 1892, commissioned in 1893 and decommissioned in 1906.
* , was a ''Clemson''-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and transferred to the
Royal Canadian Navy
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in 1940 as HMCS ''St. Francis''.
* , was a ''Benson''-class destroyer commissioned in 1942 and decommissioned in 1946.
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United States Navy ship names