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USS PCE-886

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USS Banning
History
United States
NameBanning
BuilderAlbina Engine & Machine Works, Portland
Laid down29 March 1944
Launched10 July 1944
Commissioned31 May 1945
ReclassifiedPCEC-886
Stricken1 May 1961
IdentificationPennant number: PCE-886
FateSank
General characteristics
Class and typePCE-842-class patrol craft
Displacement914 Tons (Full Load)
Length184.5 ft (56.2 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft9.75 ft (2.97 m)
Installed power2,200 hp (1,600 kW)
Propulsion
  • Main: 2 × GM 12-278A diesel engines
  • Auxiliary: 2 × GM 6-71 diesel engines with 100KW gen and 1 × GM 3-268A diesel engine with 60KW gen
Speed16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (maximum),
Range6,600 nmi (12,200 km; 7,600 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement79
Armament

USS Banning (PCE-886) was a PCE-842-class patrol craft for the United States Navy during World War II.

History

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PCE-886 was laid down by Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland on 29 March 1944 and launched on 10 July 1944. She was commissioned on 31 May 1945.

On 30 December 1949, she was part of the Pacific Reserve Fleet in Astoria.

She was recommissioned on 7 September 1950 and reclassified as PCE(C)-886.

In August 1953, she was put back into her first reserve fleet group.

On 15 February 1956, she was named USS Banning.

She was struck from the naval register on 1 May 1961.

From July 1961, she served as a museum ship in Hood River, Oregon.

Few years later in 1969, she returned to naval custody.

In 1972, Banning was renamed Growler after being acquired by Growler, Inc. of Juneau.

On 1 October 1973, she foundered in the Chukchi Sea off Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Banning (PCE 886)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2021-04-28.

Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.