United States Navy — Destroyer class
John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
John C. Butler class
The class in numbers
- 293 Planned
- 83 Completed
- 210 Cancelled
- 3 Lost
Design and service
- Type
- Destroyer
- Navy
- United States Navy
- Built
- 1943–1945
- In commission
- 1943–1968
- Preceded by
- Rudderow-class destroyer escort
- Succeeded by
- Dealey-class destroyer escort
- Operators
- Portugal
- Builders
- Consolidated Steel, TX (34)
- Brown Shipbuilding, TX (23)
- Federal Shipbuilding, NJ (16)
- Boston Navy Yard, MA (10)
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, standard
- 1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,745 long tons (1,773 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Speed
- 24.3 knots (45 km/h, 28 mph)
- Complement
- 15
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
- Armament
- 2 × 5 in/38 caliber dual purpose guns
- 4 × 40 mm anti-aircraft guns (2x2); later, 10 × 40 mm guns (1×4, 3×2)
- 10 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons
- 3 x 21" torpedo tubes; later replaced by additional 40 mm guns
- 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 × Depth charge racks
- 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar
Roster
Holding 81 of the 83 hulls recorded for this class. Vessels transferred to another navy are catalogued under the navy that sailed them and appear there instead.
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| USS Abercrombie | DE-343 | 1944 | Target 1968 |
| USS Albert T. Harris | 1944 | Target 1969 | |
| USS Bivin | 1944 | Target 1969 | |
| USS Cecil J. Doyle | 1944 | Target 1967 | |
| USS Charles E. Brannon | 1944 | Scrapped 1969 | |
| USS Chester T. O’Brien | 1944 | Scrapped 1974 | |
| USS Conklin | 1944 | Scrapped 1972 | |
| USS Corbesier (DE-438) | DE-438 | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 |
| USS Cross | 1945 | Scrapped 1968 | |
| USS Dennis | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Douglas A. Munro | 1944 | Target 1966 | |
| USS Doyle C. Barnes | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Dufilho | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Edmonds | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Edward H. Allen | 1943 | Scrapped 1974 | |
| USS Edwin A. Howard | DE-346 | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 |
| USS Eversole (DE-404) | DE-404 | 1944 | Sunk 1944 |
| USS Formoe | 1944 | Scrapped 1970 | |
| USS French | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Gentry | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS George E. Davis | 1944 | Scrapped 1974 | |
| USS Gilligan | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Goss | 1944 | Scrapped 1972 | |
| USS Grady | 1944 | Scrapped 1969 | |
| USS Haas | 1944 | Scrapped 1967 | |
| USS Hanna | 1945 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Heyliger | 1945 | Target 1969 | |
| USS Howard F. Clark | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Jaccard | 1944 | Target 1968 | |
| USS Jack Miller | 1944 | Scrapped 1969 | |
| USS Jesse Rutherford | 1944 | Target 1968 | |
| USS John C. Butler | 1944 | Target 1971 | |
| USS John L. Williamson | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Johnnie Hutchins | DE-360 | 1944 | Scrapped 1974 |
| USS Joseph E. Connolly | 1945 | Target 1972 | |
| USS Kendall C. Campbell | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Kenneth M. Willett | 1944 | Target 1974 | |
| USS Key | 1944 | Scrapped 1972 | |
| USS La Prade | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Lawrence C. Taylor | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Leland E. Thomas | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS LeRay Wilson | DE-414 | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 |
| USS Lewis (DE-535) | DE-535 | 1944 | Target 1966 |
| USS Lloyd E. Acree | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Mack | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Maurice J. Manuel | 1944 | Target 1966 | |
| USS McCoy Reynolds | DE-440 | 1944 | Scrapped 1970 |
| USS McGinty | 1944 | Scrapped 1969 | |
| USS Melvin R. Nawman | DE-416 | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 |
| USS Naifeh | 1944 | Target 1966 | |
| USS O’Flaherty | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Oliver Mitchell | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Osberg | 1945 | Scrapped 1974 | |
| USS Pratt (DE-363) | DE-363 | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 |
| USS Presley | DE-371 | 1944 | Scrapped 1970 |
| USS Raymond (DE-341) | DE-341 | 1944 | Target 1974 |
| USS Richard M. Rowell | 1944 | Scrapped 1969 | |
| USS Richard S. Bull | 1944 | Target 1969 | |
| USS Richard W. Suesens | DE-342 | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 |
| USS Rizzi | 1945 | Scrapped 1974 | |
| USS Robert Brazier | DE-345 | 1944 | Target 1969 |
| USS Robert F. Keller | 1944 | Scrapped 1974 | |
| USS Rolf | DE-362 | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 |
| USS Rombach | 1944 | Scrapped 1972 | |
| USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) | DE-413 | 1944 | Sunk 1944 |
| USS Shelton (DE-407) | DE-407 | 1944 | Sunk 1944 |
| USS Silverstein | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Stafford | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Straus | 1944 | Target 1973 | |
| USS Tabberer | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Thaddeus Parker | 1944 | Scrapped 1968 | |
| USS Traw | 1944 | Target 1968 | |
| USS Tweedy | 1944 | Target 1970 | |
| USS Ulvert M. Moore | DE-442 | 1944 | Target 1966 |
| USS Vandivier | 1955 | Target 1975 | |
| USS Wagner | 1955 | Target | |
| USS Walter C. Wann | 1944 | Scrapped 1969 | |
| USS Walton | DE-361 | 1944 | Target 1969 |
| USS William Seiverling | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Williams (DE-372) | DE-372 | 1944 | Target 1968 |
| USS Woodson | DE-359 | 1944 | Scrapped 1966 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from John C. Butler-class destroyer escort on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.