Clase Benson
# Clase Benson

La clase Benson fue una clase de destructores de la Marina de los Estados Unidos construidos entre 1939 y 1943. Los treinta destructores de clase Benson de 1.620 toneladas se construyeron en dos grupos. Los primeros seis se autorizaron en el año fiscal 1938 (FY38) y se colocaron en Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts y tres astilleros navales. Los restantes 24 " Benson repetidos " fueron autorizados en 1940-1942 y construidos en cuatro astilleros de Bethlehem Steel. Se establecieron después de que se encargó el primer grupo. Estos más los "repetidos Livermores" (también conocidos como "repetidos Gleave") también se conocían en ese momento como clase Bristol.

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los Benson generalmente se combinaban con los clase Livermore (más correctamente, la clase Gleaves) como la clase Benson-Livermore; esto persistió en las referencias hasta al menos la década de 1960. En algunas referencias, ambas clases se combinan y se denominan clase Benson. Los destructores de clase Benson y Gleaves fueron la columna vertebral de las Patrullas de Neutralidad de antes de la guerra y llevaron la acción al enemigo al participar en todas las campañas importantes de la guerra.

## Unidades

Ships of the Benson destroyer class :

| Name | Hull no. | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Benson | DD-421 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | 16 May 1938 | 15 November 1939 | 25 July 1940 | 18 March 1946 | Transferred to Republic of China, 26 February 1954 |
| Mayo | DD-422 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | 16 May 1938 | 26 March 1940 | 18 September 1940 | 18 March 1946 | Sold for scrap, 8 May 1972 |
| Madison | DD-425 | Boston Navy Yard | 19 September 1938 | 20 October 1939 | 6 August 1940 | 13 March 1946 | Sunk as target, 14 October 1969 |
| Lansdale | DD-426 | Boston Navy Yard | 19 September 1938 | 30 October 1939 | 17 September 1940 | | Sunk by the Luftwaffe, 20 April 1944 |
| Hilary P. Jones | DD-427 | Charleston Navy Yard | 16 May 1938 | 14 December 1939 | 6 September 1940 | 6 February 1947 | Loaned to Taiwan, 26 February 1954 |
| Charles F. Hughes | DD-428 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | 3 January 1939 | 16 May 1940 | 6 September 1940 | 18 March 1946 | Sunk as target, 26 March 1969 |
| Laffey | DD-459 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California | 13 January 1941 | 30 October 1941 | 31 March 1942 | | Sunk in First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942 |
| Woodworth | DD-460 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California | 30 April 1941 | 29 November 1941 | 30 April 1942 21 November 1950 | 11 April 1946 14 January 1951 | Transferred to Italy, 11 June 1951 |
| Farenholt | DD-491 | Bethlehem Staten Island, Staten Island, New York | 11 December 1940 | 19 November 1941 | 2 April 1942 | 26 April 1946 | Sold for scrap, 22 November 1972 |
| Bailey | DD-492 | Bethlehem Staten Island, Staten Island, New York | 29 January 1941 | 19 December 1941 | 11 May 1942 | 2 May 1948 | Sunk as target, 4 November 1969 |
| Bancroft | DD-598 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | 1 May 1941 | 31 December 1941 | 30 April 1942 | 1 February 1946 | Sold for scrap, 16 March 1973 |
| Barton | DD-599 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | 20 May 1941 | 31 January 1942 | 29 May 1942 | | Sunk by Amatsukaze, First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942 |
| Boyle | DD-600 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | 31 December 1941 | 15 June 1942 | 15 August 1942 | 29 March 1946 | Sunk as target, 3 May 1973 |
| Champlin | DD-601 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | 31 January 1942 | 25 July 1942 | 12 September 1942 | 31 January 1947 | Sold for scrap, 8 May 1972 |
| Meade | DD-602 | Bethlehem Staten Island, Staten Island, New York | 25 March 1941 | 15 February 1942 | 22 June 1942 | 17 June 1946 | Sunk as target, 18 February 1973 |
| Murphy | DD-603 | Bethlehem Staten Island, Staten Island, New York | 19 May 1941 | 29 April 1942 | 23 July 1942 | 9 March 1946 | Bow section sunk in collision with SS Bulkoil 75 millas (120,7 km) outside New York, 21 October 1943. Ship rebuilt and returned to service. Sold for scrap, 6 October 1972 |
| Parker | DD-604 | Bethlehem Staten Island, Staten Island, New York | 9 June 1941 | 12 May 1942 | 31 August 1942 | 31 January 1947 | Sold for scrap, 25 May 1973 |
| Caldwell | DD-605 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California | 24 March 1941 | 15 January 1942 | 10 June 1942 | 24 April 1946 | Sold for scrap, 4 November 1966 |
| Coghlan | DD-606 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California | 28 March 1941 | 12 February 1942 | 10 July 1942 | 31 March 1947 | Sold for scrap, 12 June 1974 |
| Frazier | DD-607 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California | 5 July 1941 | 17 March 1942 | 30 July 1942 | 15 April 1946 | Sold for scrap, 6 October 1972 |
| Gansevoort | DD-608 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California | 16 June 1941 | 11 April 1942 | 25 August 1942 | 1 February 1946 | Sunk as target, 23 March 1972 |
| Gillespie | DD-609 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California | 16 June 1941 | 8 May 1942 | 18 September 1942 | 17 April 1946 | Sunk as target, 16 July 1973 |
| Hobby | DD-610 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California | 30 June 1941 | 4 June 1942 | 18 November 1942 | 1 February 1946 | Sunk as target, 1 June 1972 |
| Kalk | DD-611 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California | 30 June 1941 | 18 July 1942 | 17 October 1942 | 3 May 1946 | Sunk as target, 20 March 1969 |
| Kendrick | DD-612 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island | 1 May 1941 | 2 April 1942 | 12 September 1942 | 31 March 1947 | Sunk as target, 2 March 1968 |
| Laub | DD-613 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island | 1 May 1941 | 28 April 1942 | 24 October 1942 | 2 February 1946 | Sold for scrap, 14 January 1975 |
| MacKenzie | DD-614 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island | 29 May 1941 | 27 June 1942 | 21 November 1942 | 4 February 1946 | Sunk as target, 1 June 1974 |
| McLanahan | DD-615 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island | 29 May 1941 | 2 September 1942 | 19 December 1942 | 2 February 1946 | Sold for scrap, 1 June 1974 |
| Nields | DD-616 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | 15 June 1942 | 1 October 1942 | 15 January 1943 | 25 March 1946 | Sold for scrap, 8 May 1972 |
| Ordronaux | DD-617 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | 25 July 1942 | 9 November 1942 | 13 February 1943 | 27 March 1946 | Sold for scrap, 16 March 1973 |
