High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Roy Stanley Benson is a veteran submarine commander from World War II who later served as the Commander Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet during the Cold War. Roy Stanley Benson entered the United States Naval Academy in 1925. He graduated and commissioned as an Ensign in June 1929. Ensign Benson served on the battleship USS New York until December 1930, and then served three years on the destroyer USS Smith Thompson operating with the Asiatic Fleet. Benson was promoted to Lieutenant in 1932. In June 1934, Lt. Benson reported in June 1934 for submarine instruction at the New London Submarine Base, in New London, Connecticut. Completing the course in December 1934, Benson subsequently served on submarines R-14, S-42, and S-27. Benson was promoted to Lieutenant in 1937.