USS PCE-886

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

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

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

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

[1] This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.