High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Bennett (DD-473), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for naval aviator Floyd Bennett (1890–1928), who flew to the North Pole with Richard E. Byrd in 1926. Bennett (DD-473) was launched 16 April 1942 by Boston Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. Floyd Bennett, widow of Aviation Machinist Bennett; and commissioned 9 February 1943, Commander E. B. Taylor in command. Bennett arrived at Pearl Harbor 31 May and spent the next two months patrolling in the Hawaiian Islands. After escorting a convoy to Efate, New Hebrides, she acted as a plane guard and patrolled out of Efate (27 August – 28 October). Moving to the Solomon Islands 4 November, she patrolled and escorted convoys until 5 April 1944. Included in her Solomons service was support of the Cape Torokina, Bougainville (1 November 1943) and Green Island (15 February 1944) landings, and bombardments of Kavieng, New Ireland (18 February 1944) and Rabaul, New Britain (29 February). Bennett then moved north to take part in the invasions of Saipan (14 June – 1 July) and of Guam (2–16 August).

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