Clase Benson

La clase Benson fue una clase de destructores de la Marina de los Estados Unidos construidos entre 1939 y 1943.[1] 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.[2] 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.

Clase Benson

USS Meade en junio de 1942.
Países en servicio Armada de la República de China
Tipo destructor
Estadísticas
Primera unidad USS Benson
Clase anterior clase Sims
Clase posterior clase Gleaves
Unidades concluidas 30
Unidades dadas de baja 27
Unidades hundidas 4 (1 volvió al servicio)

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.[3] En algunas referencias, ambas clases se combinan y se denominan clase Benson.[4] 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 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 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 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 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 20 May 1941 31 January 1942 29 May 1942 Sunk by Amatsukaze, First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942
Boyle DD-600 31 December 1941 15 June 1942 15 August 1942 29 March 1946 Sunk as target, 3 May 1973
Champlin DD-601 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 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.[5] Sold for scrap, 6 October 1972
Parker DD-604 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 28 March 1941 12 February 1942 10 July 1942 31 March 1947 Sold for scrap, 12 June 1974
Frazier DD-607 5 July 1941 17 March 1942 30 July 1942 15 April 1946 Sold for scrap, 6 October 1972
Gansevoort DD-608 16 June 1941 11 April 1942 25 August 1942 1 February 1946 Sunk as target, 23 March 1972
Gillespie DD-609 16 June 1941 8 May 1942 18 September 1942 17 April 1946 Sunk as target, 16 July 1973
Hobby DD-610 30 June 1941 4 June 1942 18 November 1942 1 February 1946 Sunk as target, 1 June 1972
Kalk DD-611 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 28 April 1942 24 October 1942 2 February 1946 Sold for scrap, 14 January 1975
MacKenzie DD-614 29 May 1941 27 June 1942 21 November 1942 4 February 1946 Sunk as target, 1 June 1974
McLanahan DD-615 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 25 July 1942 9 November 1942 13 February 1943 27 March 1946 Sold for scrap, 16 March 1973

Véase también

Referencias
  1. USS Benson history website
  2. Benson class at DestroyerHistory.org
  3. Silverstone, pp. 126–135
  4. Friedman, pp. 95–109, 470–471

Enlaces externos
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