Service History
Bancroft arrived at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, 17 September 1942 and remained in the Aleutian Islands until late August 1943, supporting the occupation of Amchitka (12 January 1943), Attu (11 May – 2 June), and Kiska (15 August) Islands. Between September 1943 and July 1945 she was a wheelhorse in fire support, screening, and escort duties in the Wake Island raid (5–6 October 1943); Tarawa, Gilbert Islands raid (18 September) and occupation (20 November – 6 December); Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, seizure (31 January – 16 February 1944); Mille Atoll, Marshall Islands, landings (17–18 March); Palau and Woleai raid (29 March – 2 April); Hollandia operation (21–24 April); Truk-Satawan-Ponape raid (28–30 April), Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands, Mid (23 May); Saipan occupation (25 June – 22 July); Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, raid (8 August); Philippine Islands operations (8 3 March April 1945); and the Borneo operations (1 May – 5 July).
Between September and November 1945, Bancroft escorted convoys between the Philippine Islands, Okinawa, and Japan.
On 9 December 1945, she arrived at Norfolk, Virginia and went out of commission in reserve at Charleston, South Carolina, 1 February 1946. She was scrapped in 1973.
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