Allied Warships


Destroyers

Benham class

10 ships


The Benham class destroyer USS Benham (i). She was lost on 15 Nov 1942.

Technical information

TypeDestroyer
Displacement1500 BRT 
Length341 feet 
Complement251 men 
Armament4 5" guns
16 21" torpedo tubes 
Max speed36.5 knots
EnginesGeared-turbines 
Power42800 
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

 


All ships of the Benham class:

US Navy (more on US Navy)

USS Ellet (DD 398)
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 15 Nov 1942)
USS Rowan (DD 405) (lost 11 Sep 1943)

2 destroyers of the Benham class lost.



Shipmates
Seeley, Lewis E. & Lorraine Seeley Buell

Books dealing with this subject include:

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



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