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DE- 339 USS JOHN C. BUTLER

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX. on 5 October 1943
Launched 11 December 1943, Commissioned 31 March 1944
Decommissioned 12 June 1946, Recommissioned 27 December 1950, and
Assigned to NRT, 11th Naval District at San Diego CA
Decommissioned 18 December 1957, Stricken 1 June 1970

Fate: sunk as target off California December 1971

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USS JOHN C. BUTLER DE- 339 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: F.F. "Jeff"Conley
Address: 13 Dunedin Lane / Bella Vista AR 72715
Phone: (501) 855-6406
E-mail: jeffeeecr@aol.com

Last Reunion---May 2001 Branson,Mo.


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