The destroyer USS Benham (i) (DD 397) of the US Navy. She was lost on 15 Nov 1942.
Technical information
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 1500 BRT |
| Length | 341 feet |
| Complement | 251 men |
| Armament | 4 5" guns 16 21" torpedo tubes |
| Max speed | 36.5 knots |
| Engines | Geared-turbines |
| Power | 42800 |
| 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: |
All ships of the Benham class
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| 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 on 15 Nov 1942 |
| USS Rowan (DD 405) | Lost on 11 Sep 1943 | |
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US Navy (more on See all Destroyer classes.
 Shipmates Seeley, Lewis E. & Lorraine Seeley Buell |
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