Destroyers

Benham class

10 ships

The destroyer USS Benham (i) of the US Navy. She was lost on 15 Nov 1942.

Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1500 BRT
Length	341 feet
Complement	251 men
Armament	4 5" guns 16 21" torpedo tubes
Max speed	36.5 knots
Engines	Geared-turbines
Power	42800
Notes on class	This class of destroyers, commissioned in 1938 and 1939, was based in part on their previous Gridley and Bagley classes. US Navy destroyer classes during WWII: Sampson - Caldwell - Wickes - Clemson - Farragut - Porter - Mahan - Gridley - Bagley - Somers - Benham - Sims - Benson / Gleaves - Fletcher - Allen M. Sumner - Gearing

US Navy (more on US Navy)
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	USS Lang (DD 399)
	USS Mayrant (DD 402)
	USS Rhind (DD 404)
	USS Stack (DD 406)
	USS Sterett (DD 407)
	USS Trippe (DD 403)
	USS Wilson (DD 408)
	USS Benham (i) (DD 397)	Lost on 15 Nov 1942
	USS Rowan (DD 405)	Lost on 11 Sep 1943
10 Destroyers of the Benham class. 2 of them were lost.

Riding on Luck
Knight, Rex A.

Books dealing with this subject include:

Riding on Luck, Knight, Rex A., 2001
Shipmates, Seeley, Lewis E. & Lorraine Seeley Buell, 2000