USS Benham (DD-796)

History
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	20 December 1943 to 18 October 1946 24 March 1951 to 30 June 1960
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)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW); geared turbines; 2 propellers
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
Armament	5 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × single depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge racks

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.