John C. Butler class destroyer escort

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USS John C Butler (DE-339)
Class overview
Name: John C. Butler class destroyer escort
Operators: Naval flag of United States United States Navy
Preceded by: Rudderow class destroyer escort
Succeeded by: Dealey class destroyer escort
Completed: 83
Cancelled: 4
Lost: 3
Retired: 80
Preserved: 0
General characteristics
Type: Destroyer Escort
Displacement: 1,350 tons (standard)
1,745 (full load)
Length: 306 ft 0 in
Beam: 37 ft 0 in
Draft: Light: 9 ft 4 in
Deep: 13 ft 4 in
Speed: Trial: 24.3 knots
Service: 24 knots
Complement: Officers 15
Enlisted 183
Armament:

2 x 5-inch/38 dual purpose guns
2 x twin 40mm gun later 1 x quad and 3 x twin

10 x single 20mm guns
2 x depth charge racks
8 x depth charge projectors
1 x Hedgehog

The John C. Butler class destroyer escort originated during World War II. The lead ship was the USS John C. Butler, commissioned on March 31, 1944.

The standard armament for the class was two 5 inch, four 40mm and ten 20mm guns, three 21 inch torpedo tubes. It also carried two depth charge racks, eight depth charge projectors and one hedgehog projector as secondary weapons. The ships had a maximum speed of 24 knots (44 kilometers per hour).

The most notable ship of this class was the USS Samuel B. Roberts, which gained fame during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, where it, along with several other ships engaged a number of cruisers and battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy in a torpedo attack, where it was sunk after taking several hits.

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