Last update: 22.02.2001
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Benham class
General Info
Fleet / Country: United States Navy / United States In service from: 1938 Complement (officers/enlisted): 9/175

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
103,90  /   101,87
Beam overall / wl.:
10,80  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
2,95  /  

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
1657
Full loaded
2251

Armament
Main guns
4x127/38
Secondary guns
13x28 pozd. 4x40,8x20,8tpm533
Torpedo tubes
16x533
Planes
0

Engines
Boilers
4 x Babcock & Wilcox Express type
Turbines
2 x Parsons geared steam
Shafts
2

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
38,5
endurance
6500 miles @ 12 kts
Engines load
50000 HP
Fuel
484 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Main Battery turrets
Benham,