The Itasca was a 190-foot US Coast Guard brigantine-rigged cutter.
The ship was launched in 1892 as the, a U.S Navy training ship.[1] Its commissioning ushered in a new age of training with more modern equipment, and a triple-expansion steam engine that could power the cutter when sailing was not possible.[2]
In 1907, the Bancroft was recommissioned as the Itasca, named after Lake Itasca in Minnesota. The Coast Guard sold the Itasca in 1922.