USN · DD
AfloatBenham-class destroyer. Fought in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal and at Vella Gulf. Shigure was the Japanese destroyer that got away from her group at Vella Gulf.
| Class | Benham class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-407 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Badly damaged at Guadalcanal in November 1942 and repaired at Mare Island. |
| 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 photo 80-G-321653, taken from USS Chenango about 1943. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
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Command
Macondray, AthertonCaptain, 15 August 1939 – 1 April 1941
Coward, Jesse GrantCaptain, 1 April 1941 – 18 January 1943FGGould, Frank GardnerCaptain, 18 January 1943 – 14 January 1944FBBlouin, Francis Joseph LucienCaptain, 14 January 1944 – 27 January 1945GWWilliams, Gordon BennettCaptain, 27 January 1945 – 2 November 1945Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, night action
1942-11-13 · damaged, 11 hits, retired under her own power
Battle of Vella Gulf
1943-08-06 · undamaged
Operation Hailstone, the raid on Truk
1944-02-17 · TG 58.3 destroyer screen. Not sunk
Afloat
Photos and infoThe Doolittle RaidBattle of MidwayLandings on Guadalcanal and TulagiBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of Rennell IslandGilbert Islands, November 1943Marshall IslandsOperation Hailstone, the raid on TrukBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle off Cape EngañoIwo JimaOkinawa
Shot and shell
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