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Wilson

Class	Benham class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-408
Fate	Afloat. Northern destroyer at Savo Island. She fired and was not hit. Still afloat at the surrender. After the Bikini tests she was scuttled off Kwajalein on 8 March 1948.
Armament (class)	Four 5-inch guns, one funnel, and sixteen torpedo tubes.
Command	Sturges, Russell Groesbeck Captain, 5 July 1939 – 25 May 1942 Price, Walter H. Captain, 25 May 1942 – 10 October 1943 Duncan, Charles Kenney Captain, 10 October 1943 – 1 March 1944 MacKenzie, Colin Jack Captain, 1 March 1944 – 26 March 1945 Roberts, Willis L. Captain from 26 March 1945

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.

USS Wilson (DD-408) was a Benham-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Russell Groesbeck Sturges commanded her from 5 July 1939 until 25 May 1942.

Walter H. Price took command on 25 May 1942 and remained captain until 10 October 1943. In that tour Wilson was present at the Battle of Savo Island.

On 9 August 1942 she was the northern destroyer, on the northern patrol with Helm. She fired at the Japanese cruisers and was not hit.

Charles Kenney Duncan commanded from 10 October 1943 until 1 March 1944. Colin Jack MacKenzie then had the ship from 1 March 1944 until 26 March 1945. Willis L. Roberts became captain on 26 March 1945. Wilson was still afloat at the surrender. She survived the war. After the Bikini tests she was scuttled off Kwajalein on 8 March 1948.

The pictures on this page are the originals.