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USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643), a Benjamin Franklin class (or "640-class") fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship a of the United States Navy to be named in honor of George Bancroft (1800-1891), United States Secretary of the Navy (1845–1846) and the founder of the United States Naval Academy.
USS Kamehameha was decommissioned on 2 April 2002, the last ship of the Benjamin Franklin class to be decommissioned. [4] The sail of George Bancroft is preserved at the Naval Submarine Base King's Bay, Georgia. James K. Polk ' s sail is on display at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History [5] in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
George Bancroft: Sail is located at Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, GA ... Last U.S. Navy submarine to be named after a fish until USS Seawolf (SSN-21). SSN-685
Sail of USS George Bancroft on display at main gate, dedicated 7 April 2000, as part of Kings Bay's celebration of the submarine forces' 100th anniversary. The end of the Cold War and the reorganization of Naval and Air Force strategic weapons forces during the 1990s had a significant effect on the submarine base at Kings Bay.
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 in 1940 as HMCS St. Francis.
Pages in category "Benjamin Franklin-class submarines" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... USS George Bancroft; USS George C. Marshall;
Prototype "fleet submarines"—submarines fast enough (21 knots (11 m/s)) to travel with battleships. Twice the size of any concurrent or past U.S. submarine. A poor tandem engine design caused the boats to be decommissioned by 1923 and scrapped in 1930.
This is a list of submarines on display around the world separated by country. This list contains all preserved submarines and submersibles on display, including submarine museum boats , that currently exist as complete boats or as significant structural sections.