Keywords: USS Benner (DD-807) in May 1945.jpg The U S Navy destroyer USS Benner DD-807 off Boston Massachusetts USA on 26 May 1945 Note the mast with the SP radar aft replacing the forward torpedo tubes The aft torpedo tubes were replaced by a 40 mm quadruple mount Both were added to counter Japanese kamikaze suicide planes Destroyers fitted with the SP radar were designated as radar picket destroyers DDR in 1949 SP was replaced by SPS-8A in the 1950s Official U S Navy Bureau of Ships photo http //destroyerhistory org/assets/sumner-gearingclass/807benner_01 jpg 19-N-964527 available at http //destroyerhistory org/sumner-gearingclass/0_allnum/807benner_01 html Destroyerhistory org 1945-05-26 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Benner DD-807 ship 1944 SP radar |