USS Benner (DD-807)

USS Benner (DD-807) off Hawaii, in 1968
History
United States
NameUSS Benner
NamesakeSecond Lieutenant Stanley G. Benner (1916–1942), a United States Marine Corps Silver Star recipient
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down10 July 1944
Launched30 November 1944
Commissioned13 February 1945
Decommissioned20 November 1970
Reclassified
  • DDR-807, 18 March 1949
  • DD-807, 15 November 1962
Stricken1 February 1974
Identification
Honors &
awards
  • 1 battle star (World War II)
  • 5 battle stars (Vietnam)
FateSold for scrap, 18 April 1975
General characteristics
Class & typeGearing-class destroyer
Displacement3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full
Length390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam40 ft 10 in (12.45 m)
Draft14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)
PropulsionGeared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement336
Armament

USS Benner (DD/DDR-807) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Marine Second Lieutenant Stanley G. Benner (1916–1942), who was killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal.

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