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USS Benham, the lead ship of the class | | General Characteristics | | Displacement: | 1,500 tons (standard)
2,350 tons (full load) | | Length: | 340' 9" (103.8 m) | | Beam: | 35' 6" (10.8 m) | | Draft: | 13' 3" (4.0 m) | | Fuel capacity: | 3,192 barrels (664 kl) | | Propulsion: | 3 Boilers
2 Westinghouse Turbines:
50,000 hp (37 MW) | | Top Speed: | 40.7 knots (75 km/h) | | Range: | | | Complement: | 16 Officers
235 Enlisted | | Armament: | 4 × 5" 38 caliber guns
2 × 40mm twin anti-aircraft mounts
2 × 21" quadruple torpedo tubes
| | Radars: | | | Sonars: | |
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.
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