| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Benson / Gleaves |
| Pennant | DD 421 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 26 May 1939 |
| Launched | 15 Nov 1939 |
| Commissioned | 25 Jul 1940 |
| End service | 18 Mar 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 18 March 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Benson (DD 421)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Clifford Ashton Fines, USN | 25 Jul 1940 | ??? | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Arthur Lee Pleasants, Jr., USN | 1941 | ??? | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Ronald Joseph Woodman, USN | 5 Feb 1943 | ??? | |
| 4 | Cdr. Jack Bercaw Williams, USN | ??? | 26 Aug 1944 | |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. Edwin Elmer Lord, III, USN | 26 Aug 1944 | 18 Mar 1946 | |
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