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Benson class Design Configuration
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Endurance |
6,500 miles at 12 knots |
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Fuel capacity |
500 |
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Steam Conditions |
618lbs at 700-750 degrees F |
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Boilers |
4 Babcock and Wilcox |
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Shaft Horse Power (SHP) |
50,000 |
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Speed |
35 knots |
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Displacement |
2,030 tons |
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Design Standard Displacement |
1,620 |
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Pre-war Benson class Configuration (USS Mayo DD422, June 1941)
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Length (Overall) |
348' 1&13/16" |
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Length at Water Line |
341' 3&3/8" |
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Beam |
36' 2&1/8" |
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Depth |
19' 7&7/8" |
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Shaft Horse Power (SHP) |
51,390 |
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Speed (trials) |
37.89 knots |
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Displacement |
2,065 tons |
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Main Battery |
5 x 5-inch/38 cal. in five single
mounts |
Main Battery Fire Control |
MK 37 |
Torpedo Tubes |
2 quintuple mounts (21" torpedo) |
Torpedo Fire Control System |
MK 27 |
Anti-aircraft Battery |
10 .50 caliber machine guns |
Depth Charge Tracks |
2 for 600lb or 300lb charges |
Depth Charge Projector |
"Y"-gun |
Sonar |
QC |
Complement |
9 officers/ 182 enlisted |
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1944 Benson class Configuration (USS Mayo DD422 , August 1944) |
Endurance |
5,580 miles/12 knots; 3,880 miles/20 knots at 2,400 tons |
Displacement |
2,591 tons |
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Main gun battery |
4 x 5-inch/38 cal. in four single
mounts (460 rounds/gun) |
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Long range anti-aircraft battery |
40mm Bofors |
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Short range anti-aircraft battery |
8 x 20mm Oerlikon in single mounts |
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Torpedo tubes |
1 quintuple mount |
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Radar |
SC and SG |
Complement |
17 officers/ 228 enlisted |
