Allied Warships

USS Bancroft (ii) (DD 598)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBristol 
PennantDD 598 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 May 1941 
Launched31 Dec 1941 
Commissioned30 Apr 1942 
End service1 Feb 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 1 February 1946.
Stricken 1 June 1971.
Sold 16 March 1973 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Bancroft (ii) (DD 598)

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1Lt.Cdr. John Leslie Melgaard, USN30 Apr 1942???

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