The destroyer USS Benson (DD 421) of the US Navy.
Technical information
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 1620 BRT |
| Length | 348 feet |
| Complement | 276 men |
| Armament | 5 5" guns 10 21" torpedo tubes |
| Max speed | 37 knots |
| Engines | Geared-turbines |
| Power | 50000 |
| Notes on class | This class was an improvement on the previous Sims class. The Gleaves type vessels were identical apart from different shape of their smoke stacks. This class was had their machinery arranged in a way to increase the likelihood of surviving a torpedo hit. US Navy destroyer classes during WWII: |
All ships of the Benson / Gleaves class
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 | USS Benson (DD 421) | |
| USS Charles F. Hughes (DD 428) | ||
| | USS Gleaves (DD 423) | |
| USS Hilary P. Jones (DD 427) | ||
| USS Madison (DD 425) | ||
| USS Mayo (DD 422) | ||
| USS Niblack (DD 424) | ||
| USS Eberle (DD 430) | ||
| USS Edison (DD 439) | ||
| USS Ericsson (DD 440) | ||
| USS Grayson (DD 435) | ||
| USS Gwin (i) (DD 433) | Lost on 13 Jul 1943 | |
| USS Ingraham (i) (DD 444) | Lost on 22 Aug 1942 | |
| | USS Kearny (DD 432) | |
| USS Lansdale (DD 426) | Lost on 20 Apr 1944 | |
| USS Livermore (DD 429) | ||
| | USS Ludlow (DD 438) | |
| USS Meredith (i) (DD 434) | Lost on 15 Oct 1942 | |
| USS Monssen (i) (DD 436) | Lost on 13 Nov 1942 | |
| USS Nicholson (DD 442) | ||
| | USS Plunkett (DD 431) | |
| USS Swanson (DD 443) | ||
| USS Wilkes (DD 441) | ||
| | USS Woolsey (DD 437) | |
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US Navy (more on See all Destroyer classes.
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Benson / Gleaves class ships hit by U-boats (1) | |||
| 17 Oct 1941 | USS Kearny | Damaged | U-568 |
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