USLHT Banahao

History
United States Lighthouse Service
Name	USLHT Banahao
Namesake	Mount Banahao
Owner	Commonwealth of the Philippines
Ordered	23 June 1930
Builder	Schichau-Werke
Yard number	1237
Launched	13 December 1930
Completed	March 1931
Homeport	Manila
Fate	Sunk by air attack, 28 December 1941
General characteristics
Class and type	lighthouse tender
Tonnage	667 GT,[1] 225 NT[1]
Length	52.5 metres (172 ft 3 in)[1]
Beam	9.1 metres (29 ft 10 in)[1]
Draught	4.0 metres (13 ft 1 in)[1]
Installed power	1,100 ihp[1]

USLHT Banahao was lighthouse tender that served in the Philippines.

On 23 June 1930, she was ordered by the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from the German shipbuilder Schichau-Werke, the second of three cutters ordered^[1][2] to serve with the Bureau of Customs as inspection and enforcement ships (the other two ships were her sister ship Canlaon and the 903 GT Arayat).^[2][3] She was laid down at Schichau's Danzig shipyard, launched on 13 December 1930, completed in March 1931, and delivered on 4 March 1931.^[2][3] Banahao was later converted to a lighthouse tender.

During the Japanese invasion the Philippines, she returned to her home port of Manila where the Asiatic Fleet had retreated. On 28 December 1941, she was attacked by Japanese planes and sunk.^[4][5] Philippine freighter Mauban was also sunk.^[5] She was later raised by the Imperial Japanese Army.^[4] Her ultimate fate is unknown.