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Benham (DD-397) Class Color Profiles
Benham-Class destroyers as built.
Specifications for this configuration of the Benham
Class were taken from Ships Data
U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1, 15
April 1945. Displacement: 1,500
tons (trial). Dimensions:
340’-6” overall, 35’-6” beam,
17’-3” max. draft. Speed: 35.9
knots (trial). Armament: four
single 5-in./38 cal. gun mounts,
one twin 40mm gun mount, four
single 20mm gun mounts,
5-inch/38-cal. AA gun 16 21-inch
torpedo tubes in 4 quad mounts,
two depth charge tracks (for 600
lb.charges), and four single
K-Gun depth charge projectors
(for 300 lb. charges). Radar:
one SC air search set and one SG
surface search set. Fire
Control: one MK 33 GFCS/MK 4
(FD) radar and one MK 51 GFCS.
Sonar: one QC set. Complement:
16 officers and 235 enlisted.
Basically an improved version of the BAGLEY-class
with the SOMERS-class
propulsion. To save weight,
BENHAMS had 3 boilers instead of
4, all into a large single
stack. They exceeded 40 kts
during trials.
USS Benham DD-397
USS Ellet DD-398
USS Lang DD-399
USS Mayrant DD-402
USS Trippe DD-403
USS Rhind DD-404
USS Rowan DD-405
USS Stack DD-406
USS Sterett DD-407
USS Wilson DD-408
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