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DD-397 Benham
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Benham | 1936/09/01 Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J. | 1938/04/16 | 1939/02/02 | 1942/11/15
sunk | |
| Namesake: RAdm Andrew Ellicot Benham - *1832, + 1905 Civil War hero | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 42: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/11/28 | 41/12/10 | 8/DesRon6/DesDiv12 | reinforce Midway | 81 | |
| 41/12/07 | BatForPac/DesFlot2/DesRon6/DesDiv12 | 114 | |||
| 41/12/30 | 42/01/13 | 11 | patrol S of P.H. | 109 | |
| 42/04/02 | 42/04/25 | Shangr | 16.1/DesRon6/DesDiv12 | ||
| 42/04/30 | 42/05/26 | 16.1/DesRon6 | xCoralS | ||
| 42/05/28 | 42/06/10 | 16.4/DesRon6 | xMidway | ||
| 42/06/06 | 16.4/DesRon6 | xMidway-helping Yorktown | |||
| 42/07/26 | 42/08 | Watch | 16/DesRon6 | ||
| 42/08/23 | 42/08/27 | 16/screen/DesRon6 | xEasSol | ||
| 42/09/24 | 42/10/15 | ||||
| 42/10/15 | 42/10/29 | 64 | xSCruz | ||
| 42/10/28 | 42/11/01 | 64.2 | shell Guadalcanal | 66 | |
| 42/10/30 | 64.2 | off Lunga | |||
| 42/10/31 | 42/11/08 | 65.3 | Guadalcanal reinforcement | 81 | |
| 42/11/11 | 42/11/15 | 64 | xGuadal | ||
| 42/11/15 | 64 | xGuadal-sunk(scuttled after numerous hits) | |||