USN · DD
AfloatBenson-class destroyer, DD-492. Bethlehem Steel at Staten Island launched her on 19 December 1941. Commissioned 11 May 1942. At the Komandorski Islands she led the destroyers in against a heavier Japanese force. Two shells hit her. Her torpedoes missed. Not sunk. Sunk as a target on 4 November 1969.
| Class | Benson class |
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| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-492 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island |
| Launched | 1941-12-19 |
| Commissioned | 1942-05-11 |
| Fate | Afloat. Led the destroyer charge at the Komandorski Islands. Two shells hit her. Her torpedoes missed. Not sunk. Decommissioned 2 May 1946. Sunk as a target on 4 November 1969. |
| Armament (class) | Four 5-inch guns and two funnels. Some of the class landed a fifth gun. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-264956, by PhoM2c J.S. Springer. USS Bailey (DD-492) underway on 12 December 1942, photographed from an airplane from the escort carrier Chenango. Public domain.
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Command
Battle of the Komandorski Islands
1943-03-26 · led the destroyer charge; two shells hit her; torpedoes missed; not sunk
Shot and shell
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