page_title: USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643)
section_title: Construction and commissioning
hierarchical_section_title: USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643) / Construction and commissioning
caption_attribution_description: USS_George_Bancroft; http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08643.htm George Bancroft (SSBN-643), launch, 20 March 1965, the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT US Navy photo.
context_page_description: USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643), a Benjamin Franklin class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of George Bancroft, United States Secretary of the Navy and the founder of the United States Naval Academy.
context_section_description: The contract to build George Bancroft was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 1 November 1962 and her keel was laid down there on 24 August 1963. She was launched on 20 March 1965, sponsored by Mrs. Anita Irvine, and commissioned on 22 January 1966, with Captain Joseph Williams in command of the Blue Crew and Commander Walter M. Douglass in command of the Gold Crew.
caption: George Bancroft is launched at Groton, Connecticut, on 20 March 1965.
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