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Benson (DD 421) in 1944.
The US Navy’s 96
Benson
- and
Gleaves
-class destroyers in hull number order were:
DD 421
Benson
DD 422
Mayo
DD 423
Gleaves
DD 424
Niblack
DD 425
Madison
DD 426
Lansdale
DD 427
Hilary P. Jones
DD 428
Charles F. Hughes
DD 429
Livermore
DD 430
Eberle
DD 431
Plunkett
DD 432
Kearny
DD 433
Gwin
DD 434
Meredith
DD 435
Grayson
DD 436
Monssen
DD 437
Woolsey
DD 438
Ludlow
DD 439
Edison
DD 440
Ericsson
DD 441
Wilkes
DD 442
Nicholson
DD 443
Swanson
DD 444
Ingraham
DD 453
Bristol
DD 454
Ellyson
DD 455
Hambleton
DD 456
Rodman
DD 457
Emmons
DD 458
Macomb
DD 459
Laffey
DD 460
Woodworth
DD 461
Forrest
DD 462
Fitch
DD 463
Corry
DD 464
Hobson
DD 483
Aaron Ward
DD 484
Buchanan
DD 485
Duncan
DD 486
Lansdowne
DD 487
Lardner
DD 488
McCalla
DD 489
Mervine
DD 490
Quick
DD 491
Farenholt
DD 492
Bailey
DD 493
Carmick
DD 494
Doyle
DD 495
Endicott
DD 496
McCook
DD 497
Frankford
DD 598
Bancroft
DD 599
Barton
DD 600
Boyle
DD 601
Champlin
DD 602
Meade
DD 603
Murphy
DD 604
Parker
DD 605
Caldwell
DD 606
Coghlan
DD 607
Frazier
DD 608
Gansevoort
DD 609
Gillespie
DD 610
Hobby
DD 611
Kalk
DD 612
Kendrick
DD 613
Laub
DD 614
Mackenzie
DD 615
McLanahan
DD 616
Nields
DD 617
Ordronaux
DD 618
Davison
DD 619
Edwards
DD 620
Glennon
DD 621
Jeffers
DD 622
Maddox
DD 623
Nelson
DD 624
Baldwin
DD 625
Harding
DD 626
Satterlee
DD 627
Thompson
DD 628
Welles
DD 632
Cowie
DD 633
Knight
DD 634
Doran
DD 635
Earle
DD 636
Butler
DD 637
Gherardi
DD 638
Herndon
DD 639
Shubrick
DD 640
Beatty
DD 641
Tillman
DD 645
Stevenson
DD 646
Stockton
DD 647
Thorn
DD 648
Turner