Name USS Benner | Laid down Never | |
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) Fate Construction contract cancelled 10 June 1944 Class and type John C. Butler-class destroyer escort | ||
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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