John C. Butler class

John C. Butler class

Overview
Type:	Escort destroyer
Surname:	John C. Butler
Units:	87 built
Technical specifications
Displacement:	1,350 tons 1,745 tons fully loaded
Length:	93.2 m
Width:	11 m
Draft:	4 m
Drive:	2 boilers each on a geared turbine with 12,000 HP on two shafts
Speed:	24 knots
Range:	6,000 nautical miles at 12 knots
Crew:	14 officers 201 ranks
Armament:	2 × 12.7-cm L / 38 in single mounts 4 × 40 mm flak in 2 double mounts 10 x 20 mm machine guns for antiaircraft 3 × 53.3-cm torpedo tubes in a triplet set 2 × depth charges at the stern 8 × depth charges, 4 on each side 2 × hedgehog

The destroyer escort the John C. Butler-class destroyer escort were during the Second World War put into service. The lead ship of the class was the John C. Butler (DE-339) , which entered service on March 31, 1944 .

history

The most outstanding ship of the class was the Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) . This destroyer escort gained fame during a torpedo attack with several other destroyers escort against Japanese cruisers and battleships during the Battle of Samar on October 25, 1944 . This battle took place during the sea and air battle in the Gulf of Leyte , in which the Samuel B. Roberts sank after several enemy hits.

Hull numbers

A total of 87 John C. Butler class ships were built. The ships were built in series, with these being delivered to the US Navy in 5 blocks . The following table illustrates this procedure.

Construction lot	From	To
1st series	DE-339	DE-372
2nd series	DE-402	DE-424
3rd series	DE-438	DE-450
4th series	DE-508	DE-510
5th series	DE-531	DE-544

units

Web links

Commons : John C. Butler Class - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

List of destroyer escort the John C. Butler class (English)