 A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) passes in front of USS Benfold in the northern Persian Gulf. |
| Career
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| Ordered:
| 16 January 1991
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| Laid down:
| 27 September 1993
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| Launched:
| 9 November 1994
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| Commissioned:
| 30 March 1996
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| Decommissioned:
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| Status:
| Active in service as of 2005.
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| Struck:
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 8,315 tons
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| Length:
| 505 ft
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| Beam:
| 66 ft
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| Draught:
| 31 ft
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| Propulsion:
| 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp
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| Speed:
| 30+ knots
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| Range:
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| Complement:
| 337 officers and enlisted
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| Armament:
| 1 x 29 cell, 1 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 90 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles
1 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS
2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
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| Aircraft:
| 1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked
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| Motto:
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USS Benfold (DDG-65) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy.
In January 2005, she participated in Operation Unified Assistance.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
