USS Benham (DD-796)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Benham.
USS Benham (DD-796) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1960. She was then transferred to Peru where she served as BAP Villar (DD-71) until being scrapped in 1980.
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United States | |
Name | Benham |
Namesake | Andrew E. K. Benham |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel Company, Staten Island |
Laid down | 23 April 1943 |
Launched | 30 August 1943 |
Commissioned |
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Stricken | 15 January 1974 |
Fate | Loaned to Peru, 15 December 1960 |
Peru | |
Name | Villar |
Acquired | 15 December 1960 |
Identification | DD-71 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1980 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
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Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 329 |
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