Allied Warships
USS Benson (DD 421)
Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class
USS Benson during the war
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 |
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 | 5 Sep 1941 |
2 | Lt. Knight Pryor, USN | 5 Sep 1941 | 10 Sep 1941 |
3 | Lt.Cdr. Clifford Ashton Fines, USN | 10 Sep 1941 | Feb 1943 |
4 | Ronald Joseph Woodman, USN | Feb 1943 | 28 Feb 1944 (1) |
5 | Thomas Milton Foster, USN | 28 Feb 1944 | 14 Mar 1944 |
6 | T/Cdr. Jack Bercaw Williams, USN | 14 Mar 1944 | 26 Sep 1944 (1) |
7 | T/Cdr. Edwin Elmer Lord, 3rd, USN | 26 Sep 1944 | 18 Mar 1946 (1) |
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Notable events involving Benson include:
23 Apr 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. F.D.G. Challis, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Benson, HMCS Collingwood (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W. Woods, RCNR), HMCS Hepatica (T/Lt. T. Gilmour, RCNR) and FFS Aconit. (2)
18 Aug 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with aircraft, HMS Monkshood (Lt. G.W. McGuiness, RNR), USS Gleaves, USS Mayo, USS Niblack and USS Benson. (3)
19 Aug 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Niblack, USS Benson, USS Gleaves and USS Mayo. (3)
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Sources
- http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/421.htm
- ADM 173/17248
- ADM 173/17252
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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