U.S.S. Benson
DD-421
1943
(Neptun 1362a)
(Painted by Peter Ohm)
- Class: Benson - 8 destroyers of 1938
- Displacement: 1,620 tons
- Dimensions: 341(wl) 347.75(oa) x 36.25 x 10.25 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft Westinghouse geared turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, S.H.P. 50,000 = 37 knots
- Armament: 4-5"/38 (4x1), 4-40mm (2x2) A.A. guns; 5-21"(1x5) T.T.
- Complement: 250
- Builder: Bethlehem, Quincy
- Keel Laid: 16 May 1938
- Launched: 15 Nov 1939
- Commissioned: 25 Jul 1940
- Decommissioned: 18 Mar 1946
- Notes: Originally equipped with 5-5" and 10-21" T.T. One 5" and one quintuple T.T. mount beached in favor of 40mm A.A.
To Taiwan 26 Feb 1954 as Lo Yang.
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