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USS Benfold (DDG-65)
USS ''Benfold'' (DDG-65) is an in the United States Navy. ''Benfold'' is a multi-mission platform capable of AAW (Anti-Aircraft Warfare) with the powerful AEGIS combat systems suite and anti-aircraft missiles, ASW (Anti-submarine warfare), with towed sonar array, anti-submarine rockets, ASUW (Anti-surface warfare) with a Harpoon missile launcher, and strategic land strike using Tomahawk missiles. ''Benfold'' was one of the first ships fitted with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System and during the 2010 Stellar Daggers exercise was the first ship to simultaneously engage a ballistic missile and a cruise missile. Former ''Benfold'' commanding officers include ADM Mark Ferguson, ADM Michael Gilday, VADM Thomas H. Copeman III, and author D. Michael Abrashoff. Service history Built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi, ''Benfold'' is the 15th of 76 planned ''Arleigh Burke''-class guided missile destroyers. Named for posthumous Korean War Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Clyde Benfold
Edward Clyde Benfold (January 15, 1931 – September 5, 1952) was a United States Navy hospital corpsman A hospital corpsman (HM r corpsman is an enlisted medical specialist of the United States Navy, who may also serve in a U.S. Marine Corps unit. The corresponding rating within the United States Coast Guard is health services technician (HS ... third class who was killed in action while attached to a United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps rifle company during the Battle of Bunker Hill (1952) in the Korean War. He was Posthumous recognition, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of duty on September 5, 1952. Early life and education Benfold was born in Staten Island, the son of Edward and Glenys Benfold. His father served as a Merchant Marine Officer (1st engineer) during World War II and was killed in action serving on the Honduras, Honduran ship ''Castilla'' on June 7, 1942, when the ship was torpedoed and sunk by the near C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
