Accession NumberP522Title (extended title only)Plaque - USS BenfoldDescriptionLarge sized wooden plaque with raised brass plate motif and logo of USS Benfold – Gold inscription plate on plaque inscribed with ‘From the Officers and Crew of USS Benfold DDG-65' Date16th January 1998ProvenanceUSS Benfold is a Flight I Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Launched in March 1996. She is a multi-mission platform capable of anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) with the powerful Aegis Combat System suite and anti-aircraft missiles, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), with towed sonar array, anti-submarine rockets, anti-surface warfare (ASUW) with Harpoon missiles, and strategic land strike using Tomahawk missiles. Built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Named for posthumous Korean War United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient Hospital Corpsman Third Class Edward Clyde Benfold, she joined the U.S. Pacific Fleet for service on 30 March 1996. As of 2025 the ship is currently with the US Seventh Fleet based out of Yokosuka Japan. Yokosuka is a sister city to Fremantle Relevance to the CityThe City of Fremantle has a long association with the US Navy. USS Benfold has visited on a few occasions. On the 16th January 1998 USS Benfold visited Fremantle. The CO of the ship Commander DM Abrshoff visited the Mayor at the City of Fremantle
