sentences:  Although the destroyer was straddled twice by fire from Hon Matt Island, her counter-battery fire managed to silence the enemy guns.Over the next week, the destroyer conducted another 36 fire missions — firing off 1,281 5-inch rounds in the process — against enemy targets.After a two-week tender availability at Sasebo, Japan, "Benner" served a short stint in the Taiwan Strait before returning to Long Beach on 12 May.