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DD-636 / DMS-29 Butler


Gleaves Class Destroyer: Laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA; Launched, 12 February 1942; Commissioned USS Butler (DD-636), 15 August 1942; Reclassified and converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-29, 15 November 1944; Decommissioned, 8 November 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold for scrapping, 10 January 1948

Specifications: Displacement 1,630 t.(lt), 2,200 t.(fl); Length 347' 10"; Beam 36' 1" ; Draft 15' 8"; Speed 37 kts; Complement 272; Armament four single 5"/38 gun mounts, four 40mm, five 20mm, six dcp, two dct; Propulsion, four boilers, two steam turbines, two shafts.
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Butler 66k U. S. Navy Photo from the October 1947 issue of "All Hands" magazine. Joe Radigan

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource DD Pages, USS Butler (DD-636)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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