Benham class destroyer

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USS Benham (DD-397)
USS Benham, the lead ship of the class
Class overview
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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lenton, H. T. American Fleet and Escort Destroyers (New York: Doubleday, 1973), Volume 1, p.62.

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