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USS ''Benner'' (DD/DDR-807) was a of the United States Navy, named for Marine Second Lieutenant Stanley G. Benner (1916–1942), who was killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal. ''Benner'' was laid down on 10 July 1944 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched on 30 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Gertrude A. Benner, Lt. Benner's mother; and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, on 13 February 1945, Commander John Munholland in command. == 1945 == Intended for service as a "picket ship" in the Pacific, ''Benner'' received radar and other modifications at the Boston Navy Yard between 13 February and 21 March. She then sailed for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on the 28th, arriving there on the 31st. The destroyer conducted four weeks of shakedown exercises, including gunnery, antiaircraft, and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) drills. On 29 April, she steamed to Gonaïves Bay, Haiti, for ASW training on a friendly "bottomed out" submarine and conducted a shore bombardment exercise off Culebra Island the following day. After her rendezvous with in Windward Passage on 3 May, the warships sailed north on an antisubmarine patrol. Although ''Benner''s crew dropped 11 depth charges on a possible submarine contact later that day, they later determined it to be a false contact. She parted company with HMS ''Reaper'' on the 7th and sailed independently for Boston, arriving on 8 May for three weeks of post-shakedown availability. Following those repairs, the destroyer steamed to Norfolk, Virginia, where she joined and in preparation for sailing to the Pacific. ''Benner'' got underway for the Panama Canal on 2 June, transited the canal on the 8th, and arrived at San Diego, California on 15 June. After minor repairs, she sailed for Hawaii on the 18th, mooring in Pearl Harbor on 23 June. ''Benner'' spent the rest of the month conducting training missions — antiaircraft, fighter-direction, radar jamming, and motor-torpedo-boat (MTB) evasion exercises — in preparation for deployment to the waters off Japan. In company with , escorting in Task Unit 12.5.3 (TU 12.5.3), ''Benner'' departed Pearl Harbor on 12 July. During the transit across the central Pacific, the destroyers screened ''Wasp'' as that aircraft carrier launched air strikes against Wake Island on the 18th. After a brief pause at Eniwetok to refuel the following day, the task unit joined Task Force 38 (TF 38) just south of the Japanese home islands on 26 July. ''Benner'' screened in Task Group 38.3 (TG 38.3) during 28 July air strikes against enemy shipping at Maizuru and on 30 July against the Tokyo-Nagoya area. While a typhoon canceled further attacks scheduled for early August, the task group refueled and then moved into position for strikes against northern Honshū on 8 August. Taking up a picket position — about 50 miles (90 km) southwest of TF 38 — with , and , ''Benner'' watched as unidentified aircraft approached their position all day. Although most of the enemy aircraft retreated before friendly combat air patrol (CAP), some low-flying Japanese aircraft sneaked under the CAP's protective umbrella to attack the destroyers. At 14:54, a single Aichi B7A1 "Grace" carrier attack plane dove over ''Hank'', passed across the formation, and, despite withering anti-aircraft fire, banked around to crash into ''Borie''. Large fires broke out immediately, especially in her forward superstructure around the bridge; and the three other destroyers spent the next two hours fending off four more enemy attacks. After ''Borie''s damage control teams got the fires under control, ''Benner'' spent a fruitless evening searching the water for ''Borie'' crewmen lost over the side. The destroyers continued screen operations between 10 and 15 August before TF 38 retired southeast of Honshū to await developments in the wake of news of the Japanese surrender. Detached on 24 August, ''Benner'' cruised off Nagoya to provide an aircraft homing beacon for flights to Tokyo from Okinawa. On 4 September, she joined a task group formed around and cruised off Honshū as that carrier launched POW-relief flights through 9 September. Following leave and upkeep in Tokyo, the destroyer steamed to the Marshall Islands at the end of September — for a week's upkeep alongside a tender — before returning to Japan for three more months of occupation duty. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Benner (DD-807)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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