&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Banner_(AKL-25)_at_Hong_Kong_c1959.jpg) USS Banner (AKL-25) at Hong Kong, 1959
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name |
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| Builder | Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering |
| Laid down | 1944 |
| Commissioned | 24 November 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 14 November 1969 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 550 tons light, 895 tons full, 345 tons dead |
| Length | 177 ft (54 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion | twin diesel |
| Speed | 12.7 knots (23.5 km/h) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 70 men |
| Armament | 2 × M2 Browning .50-caliber machine guns |
The USS Banner (AKL-25, then AGER-1) was originally U.S. Army FS-345 serving in the Southwest Pacific during the closing days of World War II as one of the Army's United States Coast Guard crewed ships. In 1950 the ship was acquired by the Navy and converted into a light auxiliary cargo (AKL). In 1967 the ship was converted for electronic intelligence and reclassified as Auxiliary General Environmental Research (AGER).