USS Wilkes DD 441 Information Page

USS Wilkes
DD 441 (Benson Class)


Authorized:     

Builder:        

Laid Down:

Launched:       

Commissioned:   

Decommissioned: 

Fate:

We are seeking information on the USS Wilkes and her crews. Files and photos may be emailed to us and we will incorporate them into this page. When enough information has been assembled we will then build the ship her own section.

The Benson Class as Constructed


Displacement:  1,839 Tons Standard (2,395 Tons Full Load)

Length:        348 Feet 4 Inches

Beam:          36 Feet 1 Inch

Draught:       13 Feet 2 Inchs

Machinery:     four Babcock & Wilcox boilers;

               2-shaft Westinghouse geared turbines

Performance:   50,000 Ships Horse-Power for 35 knots

Bunkerage:     453 tons

Range:         6,500 nautical miles at 12 knots

Guns:          five 5-inch, six .5 inch Machine Guns

Torpedoes:     ten 21-inch in two five-tube mounts

Former Shipmates:

Bill Mosher ------[email protected]

Charles Hughes------[email protected]

These pages do not represent any organization.
Web authoring services provided by Plateau Internet Partnership as a public service.
Copyright 1996, 1997 Plateau Internet Partnership.