John C. Butler class destroyer escort
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![]() USS John C Butler (DE-339) |
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Class overview | |
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Name: | John C. Butler class destroyer escort |
Operators: | ![]() |
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 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.
[edit] External links
- Destroyers Online - John C. Butler class destroyer escort
- NavSource Online - John C. Butler class destroyer escort
- Destroyer History.org - John C. Butler class destroyer escort