Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer

USS Bennett

Fletcher-class destroyer

USS Bennett
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Boston Navy Yard photograph 1996-43 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Bennett (DD-473) in Boston Harbor, Massacusetts (USA), on 7 May 1943.

Service

  1. United States Navy9 February 1943 — 18 April 1946936 days of the war
  2. Brazilian Navy as Paraíba15 December 1959 — 1978
Fletcher-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Bennett
Namesake
Floyd Bennett
Builder
Boston Navy Yard
Laid down
10 December 1941
Launched
16 April 1942
Commissioned
9 February 1943
Decommissioned
18 April 1946
Struck
1 August 1973
Fate
Scrapped in 1978 (1978)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
Length
114.6 m (376 ft)
Beam
11.89 m (39 ft)
Draught
5.18 m (17 ft)
Speed
35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
Range
6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
Complement
336
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Bennett was a Fletcher-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after Floyd Bennett. Boston Navy Yard laid her keel on 10 December 1941. Launched on 16 April 1942, she entered service on 9 February 1943.

She was one of 173 ships of her class. The class followed the Gleaves-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer.

She displaced 2,050 long tons. She measured 114.6 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 11.9 m (39 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 336. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy until 18 April 1946. She then passed to the Brazilian Navy, serving as Paraíba from 15 December 1959. She was in commission for 936 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 18 April 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 August 1973.

She was broken up for scrap in 1978.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers
Armament
  • 5 × single Mk 12 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
  • 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns
  • 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
  • 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × single depth charge throwers
  • 2 × depth charge racks

Sister ships

148 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Bennett on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Boston Navy Yard photograph 1996-43 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons