USS Benham (DD-397)

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USS Benham (DD-397)
History
United States
Name	Benham
Namesake	Andrew Ellicot Kennedy Benham
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Laid down	1 September 1936
Launched	16 April 1938
Commissioned	2 February 1939
Honors and awards	5 × battle stars
Fate	Scuttled following a torpedo hit from the Japanese destroyer Uranami during the Battle of Guadalcanal,[1] 15 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Benham-class destroyer
Displacement	2,250 tons (full)
Length	340 ft 9 in (103.86 m)
Beam	35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draft	12 ft 10 in (3.91 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW) Westinghouse geared turbines, 2 propellers
Speed	38.5 knots (71.3 km/h; 44.3 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	251 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns, 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns, 4 × 4 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 2 depth charge tracks

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.