Clase Benson

La clase Benson fue una clase de destructores de la Marina de los Estados Unidos construidos entre 1939 y 1943.​ 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.​ 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.​ En algunas referencias, ambas clases se combinan y se denominan clase Benson.​ 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.​ 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

• Anexo:Clases de Destructores de la Armada de Estados Unidos
• Anexo:Destructores de la Armada de los Estados Unidos
• Anexo:Clases de destructores

Enlaces externos

• Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Clase Benson.

• Datos: Q818175
• Multimedia: Benson class destroyers / Q818175