DD-421

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
depth charges
5 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards 4 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 1 in (11.0 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Quincy,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 25 July 1940
gptkbp:complement 276 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 18 March 1946
gptkbp:displacement 1,620 tons (standard)
2,525 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 13 ft 2 in (4.0 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label DD-421
gptkbp:laidDown 16 May 1938
gptkbp:launched 15 November 1939
gptkbp:length 347 ft 8 in (106.0 m)
gptkbp:name USS Benson
gptkbp:navy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:notableCommander Commander Clifford A. Fines
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 6,500 nautical miles at 12 knots
gptkbp:serves gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 37.5 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 July 1971
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Benson_(DD-421)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6