Benham class destroyer
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USS Benham, the lead ship of the class |
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Class overview | |
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Operators: | United States |
Preceded by: | Somers class destroyer |
Succeeded by: | Sims class destroyer |
Completed: | 10 |
Lost: | 2 |
Retired: | 8 |
Preserved: | 0 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Benham class destroyer |
Displacement: | 1,500 tons (standard) 2,350 tons (full load) |
Length: | 340 ft 9 in (103.9 m) |
Beam: | 35 ft 6 in (10.8 m) |
Draught: | 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m) |
Propulsion: | 3 Boilers 2 Westinghouse Turbines: 50,000 shp (37 MW) |
Speed: | 40.7 knots (75 km/h) |
Complement: | 16 officers 235 enlisted |
Armament: | 4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber guns (4×1), 2 × 40 mm twin anti-aircraft mounts, 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (4×2; 8 Mark 15 torpedoes) |
Ten Benham-class destroyers were commissioned into United States Navy during 1938 and 1939. Much of their design is based upon the previous Gridley- and Bagley-class destroyers. Two of the class were lost during World War II, three would be scrapped in 1947, while the remaining five ships would be scuttled after being contaminated from the atomic bomb tests in the Pacific.
[edit] Ships of the class
- USS Benham (DD-397), torpedoed by Japanese at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal November 15, 1942, scuttled by Gwin[1]
- USS Ellet (DD-398)
- USS Lang (DD-399)
- USS Mayrant (DD-402)
- USS Trippe (DD-403)
- USS Rhind (DD-404)
- USS Rowan (DD-405), torpedoed by German E-boats while on convoy duty between Salerno and Oran September 11, 1943
- USS Stack (DD-406)
- USS Sterett (DD-407)
- USS Wilson (DD-408)
[edit] References
- ^ Lenton, H. T. American Fleet and Escort Destroyers (New York: Doubleday, 1973), Volume 1, p.62.
[edit] External links
- Benham-class destroyers at Destroyer History Foundation
- navsource.org: USS Benham
- destroyers.org: Benham Class
- destoyersonline.com: The Benham Class
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