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Photos and infoBenham-class destroyer. With Lang and Sterett at Vella Gulf.
Benham classServed through the war. Damaged in the 1946 Bikini tests. Her service ended in 1948.
Public-domain photograph via Wikimedia Commons.
Command
IOIsaiah OlchCaptain, 20 November 1939 – 2 August 1940AGAlvord John GreenacreCaptain, 2 August 1940 – 5 February 1943RNRoy Arthur NewtonCaptain, 5 February 1943 – 24 August 1943PSPhilip Kingsland ShermanCaptain, 24 August 1943 – 5 February 1944RWRobert Edward WheelerCaptain, 5 February 1944 – 25 March 1945SCSam Johnston CaldwellCaptain from 25 March 1945
Battle of Vella Gulf
1943-08-06 · undamaged
