USS Benner (DE-551)

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NameUSS Benner
Namesake Second Lieutenant Stanley G. Benner (1916-1942), a U.S. Marine Corps officer and Silver Star recipient
Builder Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts (proposed)
Laid downNever
FateConstruction contract cancelled 10 June 1944
General characteristics
Class & type John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Displacement1,350 tons
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam36 ft 8 in (11 m)
Draft9 ft 5 in (3 m)
Propulsion2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp; 2 propellers
Speed24 knots (44 km/h)
Range6,000  nmi. (12,000 km) @ 12 kt
Complement14 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament

USS Benner (DE-551) was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never built.

Benner was to have been built at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, but her construction contract was cancelled on 10 June 1944 before construction could begin.

The name Benner was reassigned to the destroyer USS Benner (DD-807).

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