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Benham Class Destroyer colspan="2"|
USS Benham, the lead ship of the class | | olspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics | | isplacement: | 1,500 tons (standard)
2,350 tons (full load) | | ength: | 340' 9" (103.8 m) | | eam: | 35' 6" (10.8 m) | | raft: | 13' 3" (4.0 m) | | uel capacity: | 3,192 barrels (664 kl) | | ropulsion: | 3 Boilers
2 Westinghouse Turbines:
50,000 hp (37 MW) | | op Speed: | 40.7 knots (75 km/h) | | ange: | | | omplement: | 16 Officers
235 Enlisted | | rmament: | 4 × 5" 38 caliber guns
2 × 40mm twin anti-aircraft mounts
2 × 21" quadruple torpedo tubes
| | adars: | | | onars: | Ten Benham class destroyers were commissioned into United States Navy during years 1938 and 1939. Two of the ships were lost during WW II. USS Maury (DD-401) and USS Mayrant (DD-402) were built concurrently with the Benham class, but are Gridley-class destroyers. *
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