John C. Butler-class destroyer escort

Class overview
USS John C Butler
Name:	John C. Butler class
Operators:	United States Navy Portuguese Navy
Preceded by:	Rudderow class
Succeeded by:	Dealey class
Planned:	293
Completed:	83
Cancelled:	210
Lost:	3
Retired:	80
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer escort
Displacement:	1,350 long tons (1,372 t) (standard) 1,745 long tons (1,773 t) (full load)
Length:	306 ft (93.3 m)
Beam:	37 ft (11.3 m)
Draft:	Light: 9 ft 4 in (2.8 m) Deep: 13 ft 4 in (4.1 m)
Speed:	24.3 kn (28.0 mph; 45.0 km/h) (trial) 24 kn (28 mph; 44 km/h) (service)
Complement:	Officers: 15 Enlisted: 183
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar
Armament:	2 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose guns 4 × twin 40 mm anti-aircraft guns ; later, 10 × 40 mm guns (1×4, 3×2) 10 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons 2 × depth charge racks 8 × depth charge projectors 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar

The John C. Butler class were destroyer escorts that originated during World War II. The lead ship was USS John C. Butler, commissioned on 31 March 1944. The class was also known as the WGT type from their Westinghouse Geared turbine drive.
Of the 293 ships originally planned, 206 were canceled in 1944 and a further four after being laid down; three were not completed until after the end of World War II.

The standard armament for the class was two 5 in (127 mm) dual purpose guns, four 40 mm and ten 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, and three 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. It also carried two depth charge racks, eight depth charge projectors and one hedgehog projector as secondary weapons. The ships had a maximum speed of 24 kn (28 mph; 44 km/h).

The most notable ship of this class was Samuel B. Roberts, which gained fame during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, where it, along with several other ships engaged a number of cruisers and battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy in a torpedo attack, where it was sunk after taking several hits. During this action, Samuel B. Roberts achieved a speed of 28.7 kn (33.0 mph; 53.2 km/h) for over an hour by running her engines at 660 psi (46 bar). The other two ships of this class lost were USS Shelton and USS Eversole.

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