| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Fletcher |
| Pennant | DD 473 |
| Built by | Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 28 Jun 1940 |
| Laid down | 10 Dec 1941 |
| Launched | 16 Apr 1942 |
| Commissioned | 19 Feb 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Decommissioned 18 April 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Bennett (DD 473)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Edmund Battelle Taylor, USN | 9 Feb 1943 | 31 Jul 1943 |
| 2 | Philip Frederick Hauck, USN | 31 Jul 1943 | 5 Nov 1944 |
| 3 | T/Cdr. Jasper Newton McDonald, Jr., USN | 5 Nov 1944 | 18 Apr 1946 |
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Notable events involving Bennett include:
6 Apr 1943
USS Bennett picks up 57 survivors from the American merchant John Sevier that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-185 about 20 nautical miles south-west of Great Inagua Island in position 20°49'N, 74°00'W.
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