USS Benner (DD-807)

USS Benner (DD-807) off Hawaii, in 1968
History
United States
Name	USS Benner
Namesake	Second Lieutenant Stanley G. Benner (1916–1942), a United States Marine Corps Silver Star recipient
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	10 July 1944
Launched	30 November 1944
Commissioned	13 February 1945
Decommissioned	20 November 1970
Reclassified	DDR-807, 18 March 1949 DD-807, 15 November 1962
Stricken	1 February 1974
Honors and awards	1 battle star (World War II) 5 battle stars (Vietnam)
Fate	Sold for scrap, 18 April 1975
General characteristics
Class and type	Gearing-class destroyer
Displacement	3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full
Length	390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam	40 ft 10 in (12.45 m)
Draft	14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	336
Armament	6 × 5"/38 caliber guns 12 × 40 mm AA guns 11 × 20 mm AA guns 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Benner (DD/DDR-807) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Marine Second Lieutenant Stanley G. Benner (1916–1942), who was killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal.