USS Bennett (DD-473)

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USS Bennett (DD-473) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

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USS Bennett (DD-473) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fletcher-class destroyer ⓘ
United States Navy warship ⓘ
World War II destroyer ⓘ
armament 5-inch/38 caliber guns ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
torpedo tubes ⓘ
awarded Bureau of Naval Personnel Unit Commendation ⓘ
battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
beam about 39.7 ft ⓘ
commissionedOn 1942-02-09 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement about 273 officers and enlisted ⓘ
damagedBy kamikaze attack ⓘ
damagedDuring Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
decommissionedOn 1946-04-18 ⓘ
fate scrapped ⓘ
sold to Brazil ⓘ
fullLoadDisplacement about 2,500 tons ⓘ
hullMaterial steel ⓘ
laidDownAt Boston Navy Yard ⓘ
laidDownOn 1941-12-10 ⓘ
launchedOn 1942-04-16 ⓘ
length about 376.5 ft ⓘ
namedAfter Floyd Bennett ⓘ
newName Paraíba (D-28) ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
pennantNumber DD-473 ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
role escort ship ⓘ
screening destroyer ⓘ
shore bombardment ship ⓘ
scrappedIn 1989 ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Navy ⓘ
shipClass Fletcher class ⓘ
shipType destroyer ⓘ
sponsoredBy Mrs. Floyd Bennett ⓘ
standardDisplacement about 2,050 tons ⓘ
strickenFromNavalRegisterOn 1974-10-01 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
tookPartIn Aleutian Islands campaign ⓘ
Battle of Leyte ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
Gilbert Islands campaign ⓘ
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ
Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
topSpeed about 35 knots ⓘ
transferredOn 1959-12-15 ⓘ
transferredTo Brazilian Navy ⓘ

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Floyd Bennett → hasNamesake → USS Bennett (DD-473) ⓘ