USS John C. Butler

History
United States
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
Decommissioned	18 December 1957
Stricken	1 June 1970
Fate	Sunk as target, 1971
General characteristics
Class and type	John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36 ft 8 in (11.18 m)
Draft	9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Installed power	12,000 shp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion	2 × geared steam turbines 2 × boilers 2 × shafts
Speed	24 kn (28 mph; 44 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi (6,900 mi; 11,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	186
Sensors and processing systems	SF multi-use radar[1]
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

USS John C. Butler (DE-339) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts in the service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was recommissioned between 1950 and 1957 and finally sunk as a target in 1971.