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USS Benham

1938 Benham-class destroyer
Vehicle destroyer Q4002098

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
destroyer
Country of origin
United States[5]
Country of registry
United States[14]
Different from
USS Benham, USS Benham[11][12]
Manufacturer
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company[3]
Name
USS Benham[13]
Operator
United States Navy[2]
Participated in conflict
World War II[6]
Pennant number
DD-397[10]
Significant event
ship launching, keel laying, ship commissioning[7][8][9]
Vessel class
Benham-class destroyer[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en DD-397 en USS Benham cs DD-397 de DD-397 el DD-397 fa یواس‌اس بنهام (دی‌دی-۳۹۷) ja ベンハム ja DD-397 pl USS Benham (DD-397) zh 本罕姆號驅逐艦 zh 班汉号 zh 班汉号驱逐舰 zh 班漢號驅逐艦 zh 賓漢號驅逐艦
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
USS Benham (DD-397) anchored off New York City (USA), in 1939 (NH 81173).jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/031_zg

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🔗 Connections
Significant event 3
ship launching, keel laying, ship commissioning
Different from 2
USS Benham, USS Benham
← Different from 2
USS Benham, USS Benham
Country of registry 1
United States
Instance of 1
destroyer
Manufacturer 1
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Named after 1
Benham-class destroyer
Operator 1
United States Navy
Participated in conflict 1
World War II
Vessel class 1
Benham-class destroyer
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Summary

USS Benham is a destroyer[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for USS Benham include Benham-class destroyer[15], a ship class[16], founded in 1938[17].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Benham-class destroyer[15], a ship class[16], founded in 1938[17].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operator → —
    Manufacturer → Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
    Significant event → ship launching, keel laying, ship commissioning
    Different from → USS Benham, USS Benham
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Country of origin: United States, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/274403|batch #274403]]"
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