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DE- 100 USS CHRISTOPHER

CLASS - Cannon
Displacement 1,240 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 7" x 11' 8" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 6,000 BHP; 4 GM Model 16-278A Diesel Engines with eletric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Dravo, Wilmington De. on December 7 1942.
Launched June 19 1943.
Commissioned October 23 1943.
Decommissioned, December 19 1944.
To Brazil December 19 1944.
Renamed Benevente.
Stricken (USN) July 20 1953.
Fate Stricken and broken up for scrap in 1964.

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Christpoher 80k Underway, Undated. USN / Robert T. Baxter EM1/C USNR
Christpoher 62k as the CT BENEVENTE Be6, in service with the Brazilian Navy, Undated. Official Brazilian Navy Photo
Luiz BRAZIL Cotta,
FT3 (Ret. Brazilian Navy)
Christpoher 40k as the CT BENEVENTE Be6, in service with the Brazilian Navy, Undated. Official Brazilian Navy Photo
Luiz BRAZIL Cotta,
FT3 (Ret. Brazilian Navy)
Christpoher 65k as the (AvOc) BENEVENTE (U 30), in service with the Brazilian Navy, Undated. Official Brazilian Navy Photo
Luiz BRAZIL Cotta,
FT3 (Ret. Brazilian Navy)
Christpoher 47k The USS Christopher DE 100 side by side with the USS Herzog DE 178 and their crews during ceremony of transference to the Brazilian Navy of the USS CHRISTOPHER in December 19 1944, later CTE Benevente Be6.
This photo was taked in the Natal Naval Station - BRAZIL
Official USN Photo
Luiz BRAZIL Cotta,
FT3 (Ret. Brazilian Navy)

USS CHRISTOPHER DE- 100 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

NONE LOCATED
Contact Name: NONE
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