Destroyers

Benson / Gleaves class

24 ships

The Benson / Gleaves class destroyer USS Benson.

Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1620 BRT
Length	348 feet
Complement	276 men
Armament	5 5" guns 10 21" torpedo tubes
Max speed	37 knots
Engines	Geared-turbines
Power	50000
Notes on class	This class was an improvement on the previous Sims class. The Gleaves type vessels were identical apart from different shape of their smoke stacks. This class was had their machinery arranged in a way to increase the likelyhood of surviving a torpedo hit. US Navy destroyer classes during WWII: Sampson - Caldwell - Wickes - Clemson - Farragut - Porter - Mahan - Gridley - Bagley - Somers - Benham - Sims - Benson / Gleaves - Fletcher - Allen M. Sumner - Gearing

All ships of the Benson / Gleaves class:

US Navy (more on US Navy)

USS Benson (DD 421)
USS Charles F. Hughes (DD 428)
USS Eberle (DD 430)
USS Edison (DD 439)
USS Ericsson (DD 440)
USS Gleaves (DD 423)
USS Grayson (DD 435)
USS Hilary P. Jones (DD 427)
USS Ingraham (i) (DD 444) (lost 22 Aug 1942)
USS Livermore (DD 429)
USS Ludlow (DD 438)
USS Madison (DD 425)
USS Mayo (DD 422)
USS Niblack (DD 424)
USS Nicholson (DD 442)
USS Plunkett (DD 431)
USS Swanson (DD 443)
USS Wilkes (DD 441)
USS Woolsey (DD 437)
USS Gwin (i) (DD 433) (lost 13 Jul 1943)
USS Kearny (DD 432)
USS Lansdale (DD 426) (lost 20 Apr 1944)
USS Meredith (i) (DD 434) (lost 15 Oct 1942)
USS Monssen (i) (DD 436) (lost 13 Nov 1942)

5 destroyers of the Benson / Gleaves class lost.