USS Benham (DD-796)

1943-1960

Later BAP Villar (DD-71)

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Fletcher class

DD · Destroyer

Shipyard:

Bethlehem Mariners Harbor

Fletcher class

Timeline

Date	Event
Apr 23, 1943	Laid down
Aug 30, 1943	Launched
Dec 20, 1943	Commissioned
Oct 18, 1946		to reserve
Mar 24, 1951		recommissioned
Jul 7, 1952		ws the ship in british waters
Jun 30, 1960	Decommissioned
Dec 15, 1960	Fate: transfered	to Peru as Villar