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- Code Number:
- MYNV17P03_18
- Title:
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USS Benham (DD-796), Fletcher-class destroyer, Pennsylvania
- Namesake: Andrew E. K. Benham
Builder: Bethlehem Steel Company, Staten Island Laid down: 23/04/1943 Launched: 30/08/1943 Commissioned: 20/12/1943 to 18/10/1946 24/03/1951 to 30/06/1960 Struck: 15/01/1974 Fate: loaned to Peru, 15/12/1960 Fate: Scrapped 1980
Class and type: Fletcher class destroyer Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 114.7 meters (376 feet 6 inches) Beam: 39 feet, (12.1 meters) Draft: 5.4 meters (17 feet 9 inches) Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45 MW); geared turbines; 2x propellers Speed: 38 knots (70 km/h) Range: 6,500 nautical miles at 15 knots (12,000 km at 30 km/h) Complement: 329 Armament: 5 5 in.(127 mm)/38 guns, 10 40 mm AA guns, 7 20 mm AA guns, 10 21 in. torpedo tubes, 6 depth charge projectors, 2 depth charge tracks
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