Design History
Modification History
Service History
Generally similar to the Rudderow class, the John C. Butler class utilized a steam-turbine drive for 12,000hp.
Various minor modifications were made to these ships in the anti-air armament. Radar equipment was installed as the availability permitted.
Escort destroyers of this class served in all theaters on general escort duty. Ships of this class, John C. Butler, Samuel B. Roberts, Raymond and Dennis participated in the Battle of Samar, engaging the better part of the remaining Combined Fleet. Samuel B. Roberts was lost in the engagement. Two other ships of this class were lost, Shelton, sunk by submarine torpedo off Morotai in October 1944, and Eversole in the same month east of Leyte. The remaining units were scrapped during the 1960s and 1970s.
Ships in class:
DE-339 John C. Butler
DE-340 O'Flaherty
DE-341 Raymond
DE-342 Richard W. Suesens
DE-343 Abercrombie
DE-344 Oberrender
DE-345 Robert Brazier
DE-346 Edwin A. Howard
DE-347 Jesse Rutherford
DE-348 Key
DE-349 Gentry
DE-350 Traw
DE-351 Maurice J. Manuel
DE-352 Naifeh
DE-353 Doyle C. Barnes
DE-354 Kenneth W. Willett
DE-355 Jaccard
DE-356 Lloyd E. Acree
DE-357 George E. Davis
DE-358 Mack
DE-359 Woodson
DE-360 Johnnie Hutchins
DE-361 Walton
DE-362 Rolf
DE-363 Pratt
DE-364 Rombach
DE-365 McGinty
DE-366 Alvin C. Cockrell
DE-367 French
DE-368 Cecil J. Doyle
DE-369 Thaddeus Parker
DE-370 John L. Williamson
DE-371 Presley
DE-372 Williams
DE-402 Richard S. Bull
DE-403 Richard M. Rowell
DE-404 Eversole
DE-405 Dennis
DE-406 Edmonds
DE-407 Shelton
DE-408 Straus
DE-409 La Prade
DE-410 Jack Miller
DE-411 Stafford
DE-412 Walter C. Wann
DE-413 Samuel B. Roberts
DE-414 Le Ray Wilson
DE-415 Lawrence C. Taylor
DE-416 Melvin R. Nawman
DE-417 Oliver Mitchell
DE-418 Tabberer
DE-419 Robert F. Keller
DE-420 Leland E. Thomas
DE-421 Chester T. O'Brien
DE-422 Douglas A. Munro
DE-423 Dufilho
DE-424 Haas
DE-438 Corbesier
DE-439 Conklin
DE-440 McCoy Reynolds
DE-441 William Seiverling
DE-442 Ulvert M. Moore
DE-443 Kendal C. Campbell
DE-444 Goss
DE-445 Grady
DE-446 Charles E. Brannon
DE-447 Albert T. Harris
DE-448 Cross
DE-449 Hanna
DE-450 Joseph E. Conolly
DE-508 Gilligan
DE-509 Formoe
DE-510 Heyliger
DE-531 Edward H. Allen
DE-532 Tweedy
DE-533 Howard F. Clark
DE-534 Silverstein
DE-535 Lewis
DE-536 Bivin
DE-537 Rizzi
DE-538 Osberg
DE-539 Wagner
DE-540 Vandivier
DE-541 Sheehan
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Displacements:
Standard: 1,366 tons Full: 1,745 tons Length: 93,27m / 306ft Beam: 11,22m / 36ft 10" Draft (Full Load): 3,35m / 11ft Crew (Officers/Men): 14/201 Endurance: 4,650nm at 12 knots Speed: 24 knots |
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Belt: No belt armor
Deck: No deck armor Barbettes: No barbette armor Conning Tower: No conning tower armor |
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(As designed):
Main: 2 x 127mm L/38, in two single mounts, one forward, one aft Secondary: None AA: 4 x 40mm L/56 in two twin mounts, 10 x 20mm L/70 in single mounts Torpedoes: Three 533mm torpedo tubes in one triple mount Depth Charges: 1 x Hedgehog forward, 8 x K-Gun, 2 x depth charge track; perhaps 100 depth charges |