The Benson-class of destroyers were thirty destroyers produced for the United States Navy between 1938 and 1943. Designed as an improved version of the Sims-class destroyer, these ships had two boiler stacks and a new machinery arrangement meant to better survive torpedo damage. The first six ships in the class initially started their service with Neutrality patrols, and all of the ships served in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and the Pacific theaters of the war, only losing three over the course of it.
Ships in class[]
- USS Benson (DD-421)
- USS Mayo (DD-422)
- USS Madison (DD-425)
- USS Lansdale (DD-426)
- USS Hilary P. Jones (DD-427)
- USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428)
- USS Laffey (DD-459)
- USS Woodworth (DD-460)
- USS Farenholt (DD-491)
- USS Bailey (DD-492)
- USS Bancroft (DD-598)
- USS Barton (DD-599)
- USS Boyle (DD-600)
- USS Champlin (DD-601)
- USS Meade (DD-602)
- USS Murphy (DD-603)
- USS Parker (DD-604)
- USS Caldwell (DD-605)
- USS Coghlan (DD-606)
- USS Frazier (DD-607)
- USS Gansevoort (DD-608)
- USS Gillespie (DD-609)
- USS Hobby (DD-610)
- USS Kalk (DD-611)
- USS Kendrick (DD-612)
- USS Laub (DD-613)
- USS MacKenzie (DD-614)
- USS McLanahan (DD-615)
- USS Nields (DD-616)
- USS Ordronaux (DD-617)