Victory At Sea: Benson-Class Destroyers 0318

Victory At Sea: Benson-Class Destroyers 0318The first examples of the Benson class were ordered in 1938 as a derivative of the Sims class with a modified torpedo armament arranged in two banks of five. A new machinery layout was implemented, using four smaller boilers rather than the three of the Sims class. During production, several variants appeared. Some were due to construction streamlining efforts, such as the deletion of many curved surfaces from 1941 onwards. The original five 5 inch

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There was much confusion in the dogfight that was a WW2 motor torpedo boat battle

The Scots Covenanter forces also used the firelock to good effect

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US Airborne 75mm pack light artillery (1944-45)

The last ship followed a modified design which placed one of the turrets aft of the superstructure – the original design had both main armament turrets forward

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with the planned four carriers quickly reduced to two

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She had three gun decks mounting 100 guns