Benham class destroyer
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 USS Benham, the lead ship of the class | |
| General Characteristics | |
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| Displacement: | 1,500 tons (standard) 2,350 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 340 ft 9 in (103.8 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 6 in (10.8 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m) |
| Fuel capacity: | 3,192 barrels (508 m³) |
| Propulsion: | 3 Boilers 2 Westinghouse Turbines: 50,000 hp (37 MW) |
| Top speed: | 40.7 knots (75 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 16 officers 235 enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 5 in (127 mm) 38 caliber guns 2 × 40 mm twin anti-aircraft mounts 2 × 21 in (533 mm) quadruple torpedo tubes |
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Ten Benham class destroyers were commissioned into United States Navy during years 1938 and 1939. Two of the ships were lost during WW II.
- DD-397 USS Benham, torpedoed by Japanese at Battle of Guadalcanal November 15 1942
- DD-398 USS Ellet
- DD-399 USS Lang
- DD-400 USS McCall
- DD-403 USS Trippe
- DD-404 USS Rhind
- DD-405 USS Rowan, torpedoed by German E-boats while on convoy duty between Salerno and Oran September 11 1943
- DD-406 USS Stack
- DD-407 USS Sterett
- DD-408 USS Wilson
USS Maury (DD-401) and USS Mayrant (DD-402) were built concurrently with the Benham class, but are Gridley-class destroyers.
| Benham-class destroyer |
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Benham | Ellet | Lang | McCall | Trippe | Rhind | Rowan | Stack | Sterett | Wilson |
| List of destroyers of the United States Navy List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy |