USS Benham
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USS Benham (DD-397) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers and the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Andrew Ellicot Kennedy Benham. She missed the Attack on Pearl Harbor, being an escort for the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise on her way to Midway Atoll at the time. She also served off Hawaii during the Doolittle raid, rescued survivors from several ships, and operated during the Battle of Midway and the landings on Guadalcanal, among other missions. She was torpedoed by the Japanese destroyer Uranami and rendered unusable, for which she was sunk at the end of 1942.
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DD-397; DD-397
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, United States Navy, _anchored_off_New_York_City_(USA),_in_1939_(NH_81173).jpg)
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
1938-04-16T00:00:00Z
1938-04-16T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1936-09-01T00:00:00Z
1936-09-01T00:00:00Z
keel laying
1939-02-02T00:00:00Z
1939-02-02T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
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USS Benham (DD-397) crewmembers at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, in November 1942 (NH 106830)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) survivors aboard USS Benham (DD-397), 4 June 1942 (80-G-32378)
USS Benham (DD-397) on 4 June 1942, with survivors of USS Yorktown (CV-5) on board (80-G-32390)
USS Benham (DD-397) is refueled at sea, in December 1941 (80-G-24015)
USS Benham (DD-397) anchored off New York City (USA), in 1939 (NH 81173) (cropped)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) survivors aboard USS Benham (DD-397) on 4 June 1942 (80-G-32379)
Survivors of USS Hammann (DD-412) are brought ashore at Pearl Harbor from USS Benham (DD-397), 9 June 1942 (80-G-312064)
USS Benham (DD-397) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), 6 February 1942 (NH 90936)
USS Benham (DD-397) off Kearny, New Jersey (USA), on 4 January 1939 (NH 97822)
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