| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Fletcher |
| Pennant | DD 796 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 14 Jun 1942 |
| Laid down | 3 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 30 Aug 1943 |
| Commissioned | 20 Dec 1943 |
| End service | 15 Dec 1960 |
| History | Decommissioned 18 October 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Benham (ii) (DD 796)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Erle Van Emburgh Dennet, USN | 20 Dec 1943 | 12 May 1944 |
| 2 | Frederic Seward Keeler, USN | 12 May 1944 | 3 Jun 1945 |
| 3 | William Lindsay Poindexter, USN | 3 Jun 1945 | 1 Sep 1946 |
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