USN · DD
Benham
Photos and infoName ship of the Benham class. Screened Enterprise and Hornet at Midway. On 15 November 1942 a torpedo wrecked her off Savo Island and she sank that day. The ship that fired is not known.
| Class | Benham class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-397 |
| Fate | Sunk. In the Enterprise and Hornet screen at Midway. This is DD-397, not the later Fletcher-class Benham. Torpedoed on the battleship night off Guadalcanal and sank the same day, 15 November 1942. Not pinned to one Japanese ship. |
| Armament (class) | Four 5-inch guns, one funnel, and sixteen torpedo tubes. |
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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. USS Benham (DD-397) is refueled at sea, in December 1941 (80-G-24015).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · in Spruance's screen
Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
1942-08-07 · with the Enterprise force
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
1942-08-24 · in the battle
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship night
1942-11-15 · torpedoed; sank the same day
