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ANaval support & landing craft
(As Built) Army Freight and Supply (FS) (Initial Navy) Light Cargo Ship (AKL) (As Converted) Environmental Research Ship
At a glance
Banner-class environmental research shiplarger figure on 1 of 1
Measured figures
Length
Single source177 ft (54 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Banner-class environmental research ship | Rigid Raider |
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| Displacement | 550 tons light, 895 tons full, 345 tons dead[source] | — |
| Name | Banner class[source] | — |
| Builders | Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering Corporation, Kewaunee, Wisconsin Higgins Industries , New Orleans, Louisiana[source] | — |
| Operators | United States Navy[source] | — |
| Subclasses | None[source] | — |
| Built |
Rigid Raiderlarger figure on 0 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single source12.7 knots (23.5 km/h; 14.6 mph)[source]
In excess of
Single sourceIn excess of 120 nautical miles (220 km)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
1944[source] |
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| In service | 1945–Present[source] | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Lost | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | (As Built) Army Freight and Supply (FS) (Initial Navy) Light Cargo Ship (AKL) (As Converted) Environmental Research Ship[source] | — |
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| Armament | 2 × M2 Browning .50-caliber machine guns, small arms[source] | — |
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| Troops | — | 10 Royal Marines (2 crew, 8 fully equipped troops)[source] |
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| Role | — | fast raiding and assault craft[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform |
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| Country of origin | — | United Kingdom[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 3, cell 2; revision 1373375989; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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