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History Of U.S.S. BENHAM The present U.S.S. BENHAM is the third ship of the fleet to bear the name of Rear Ad- miral A.E.K. BENHAM, USN. The first BEN- HAM (DD49), an 1150 ton ship, was commis- sioned 20 January 1914, and operated in the war zone during the First World War. The sec- ond BENHAM (DD 397), displacing 1550 tons, was constructed in 1938. During the first part of the Second World War, she served for 11 months of continuous combat in the Pacific area. On 14 November 1942, while operating at night, off Guadalcanal, along with the des- troyers PRESTON and WALKE, she was sunk by enemy action. The present BENHAM (DD 796) was built of Staten Island, and was commissioned on 20 December 1943. After shakedown training in the Caribbean, she sailed for the Pacific and during the summer and fail of 1944, participated in strikes against Palau, Mindanao, the central Philippines, Okinawa, Formosa, Leyte, and Luzon. In early December, 1944, the task force with which she was operating was in the grip of a tropical cyclone with winds estimated at 100 knots and during this typhoon three other destroyers were lost. In 1945, the BENHAM participated in attacks on Formosa, Luzon, Saigon, Hong Kong, Canton, and Hainan. Later she took part in attacks on Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and finally, the Japanese home islands. The news of the Japanese sur- render reached the ship while she was on radar picket duty and she returned to the United States to be decommissioned October 18, 1946.
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The World Cruise Of U.S.S. BENHAM(DD796) [TiTiMiTni ' irwTgirnrtirifHaiigffWiffT ' Tn If ii Uamamami as sai mmm 1954 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business on great waters; These see the tvorks of the Lord, and his wonders of the deep. Psalms 107:23
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itiocrt ckson polls ' se SI - n (Oii The BENHAM remained in mothballs for four and a half years and on 24 March 1951, was recommissioned at Long Beach, California. After trial runs and shakedown training, she passed through the Panama Canal, and on 5 July entered the Atlantic for the first time since 1944. After four months in the Boston Naval Shipyard, the BENHAM headed south to the warmer waters off Cuba for two months of re- fresher training. On 22 April 1952, the BENHAM sailed from Newport and, joining the USS NOA, sailed east- ward across the Atlantic for Europe. After ex- tensive duty in Europe and the Mediterranean, the ship returned to the United States in Sept- ember to enter the Boston Naval Shipyard. In early 1953, the BENHAM took part in Hunter-Killer exercises in the Caribbean and later crossed the Atlantic, where she replaced the USS MULLANY with the Sixth Fleet. In September, the ship returned to Newport, and in October entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. In January, 1954, the BENHAM left the yards, and proceeded to the Caribbean for seven weeks of refresher training after which she returned to Newport to ready herself for the ' round the world cruise. The following pages depict the voyage.
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