Benham-class destroyer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Class overview
USS Benham, the lead ship of the class
Builders:	Federal Shipbuilding Boston Navy Yard Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Norfolk Naval Shipyard Charleston Navy Yard Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	Somers-class destroyer
Succeeded by:	Sims-class destroyer
Built:	1936–1939
In commission:	1939–1946
Completed:	10
Lost:	2
Retired:	8
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	1,500 tons (standard) 2,350 tons (full load)
Length:	340 ft 9 in (103.86 m)
Beam:	35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draught:	13 ft 3 in (4.04 m)
Propulsion:	3 Boilers 2 Westinghouse Turbines: 50,000 shp (37 KW)
Speed:	37.7 knots (75 km/h)
Complement:	16 officers 235 enlisted
Armament:	4 × single 5 inch/38 caliber guns 2 × twin 40 mm Bofors guns 16 × 21 in torpedo tubes 4 * .50 Machine guns

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.

Ships in class

USS Benham (DD-397), torpedoed by Japanese at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 15 November 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)

References

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

External links

v t e Benham-class destroyer

Benham Ellet Lang Mayrant Trippe Rhind Rowan Stack Sterett Wilson

Preceded by: Somers class Followed by: Sims class

List of destroyers of the United States Navy List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II

Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C

Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C

Escort carriers	Long Island Bogue Sangamon Charger Casablanca Commencement Bay

Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X

Battlecruisers	Alaska

Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C

Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn St. Louis Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C

Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing

Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler

Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma

Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable

Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench

S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.

Benham-class destroyer

Ships in class

See also

References

External links