USS John C. Butler
Service
- as USS John C. Butler31 March 1944 — 18 December 1957523 days of the war
- Name
- USS John C. Butler
- Namesake
- John Clarence Butler
- Builder
- Consolidated Steel Corporation
- Laid down
- 5 October 1943
- Launched
- 12 November 1943
- Commissioned
- 31 March 1944
- Decommissioned
- 26 June 1946
- Recommissioned
- 27 December 1950
- Struck
- 1 June 1970
- Fate
- Sunk as target, 1971 (1971)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Range
- 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
- Complement
- 186
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS John C. Butler was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after John Clarence Butler. Consolidated Steel Corporation laid her keel on 5 October 1943. Launched on 12 November 1943, she entered service on 31 March 1944.
81 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Rudderow-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Dealey-class destroyer escort.
Displacement was 1,350 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 186.
Her main battery was two 127 mm (5 in) guns. Her machinery developed 12,000 shp.
She was in commission for 523 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 26 June 1946. She recommissioned on 27 December 1950. She was struck from the register on 1 June 1970.
She was expended as a target in 1971. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × geared steam turbines
- 2 × boilers
- 2 × shafts
- Power
- 12000 shp
- Armament
- 2 × single 5 in (127 mm) guns
- 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
- 10 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns
- 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 8 × depth charge throwers
- 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar
- 2 × depth charge racks
Sister ships
- USS Abercrombie
- USS Albert T. Harris
- USS Bivin
- USS Cecil J. Doyle
- USS Charles E. Brannon
- USS Chester T. O’Brien
- USS Conklin
- USS Corbesier (DE-438)
- USS Cross
- USS Dennis
- USS Douglas A. Munro
- USS Doyle C. Barnes
- USS Dufilho
- USS Edmonds
- USS Edward H. Allen
- USS Edwin A. Howard
- USS Eversole (DE-404)
- USS Formoe
- USS French
- USS Gentry
- USS George E. Davis
- USS Gilligan
- USS Goss
- USS Grady
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS John C. Butler on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-264041 from the ship's entry in the U.S. Navy Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) available at the Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons