title: USS Bancroft
text: # USS Bancroft
  
  Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Bancroft in honor of George Bancroft.
  
  * USS Bancroft (1892), was a gunboat, launched in 1892, commissioned in 1893 and decommissioned in 1906.
  * USS Bancroft (DD-256), was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS St. Francis.
  * USS Bancroft (DD-598), was a Benson-class destroyer commissioned in 1942 and decommissioned in 1946.
  