5 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (5 Mark 15 torpedoes)
6 × depth charge projectors
2 × depth charge tracks
USS Butler (DD-636), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler, twice awarded the Medal of Honor.
Butler was launched on 12 February 1942 by Philadelphia Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. John Wehle, daughter of General Butler; and commissioned on 15 August 1942.
USSButler (DD-636), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler, twice...
with him. Butler was amongst his choices. Before they had departed, their orders were changed, and they were sent to China aboard the USS Solace to help...
portrayed Set in Gods of Egypt. Late in 2018, Butler starred as submarine captain Commander Joe Glass of the USS Arkansas, a Virginia class nuclear submarine...
the amphibious landings on Okinawa on 1 April, USS Franklin suffered over 800 killed and missing and USS Bunker Hill suffered 396 killed and missing. These...
(DD-660) USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) USSButler (DD-636) USS Cabot (CVL-28) USS Caldwell (DD-605) USS California (BB-44) USS Callaway (APA-35) USS Cassin Young...
USS Rizzi (DE-537) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1958. She was...
USS Hobson (DD-464/DMS-26), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Richmond Pearson Hobson, who was awarded...
ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Sigourney for James Butler Sigourney. The first USS Sigourney (DD-81) was a Wickes-class destroyer...
Barbary Wars and was killed while in service in 1807. USS Cecil J. Doyle (DE-368), a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort from 1944 to 1946. Named for...
Vanguard Group Maj. Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler, 1898 – two-time Medal of Honor recipient; USSButler (DD-636) ; Major General in the US Marine Corps;...
this time under the command of Admiral Raymond Spruance aboard his flagship USS Indianapolis, the force was designated Fifth Fleet. (It had been Third Fleet...
name USS Shelton, named for Ensign James A. Shelton (1916–1942), who was killed in the Battle of Midway. USS Shelton (DE-407), was a John C. Butler-class...
into the sea with no damage to Indomitable USS Jeffers was hit by both a Ohka and a kamikaze USS John C. Butler received minor damage when a kamikaze struck...
USS Goss (DE-444) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1958. She was scrapped...
ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Parker for Foxhall A. Parker, Jr. The first USS Parker (DD-48) was an Aylwin-class destroyer, commissioned...
warships along with the transports to carry the army troops. Butler also planned to bring the USS Louisiana, which had been packed with 200 tons of powder...
classes USS AMS-59 USS AMS-61 USS AMS-62 USS AMS-63 USS AMS-64 USS AMS-65 USS AMS-66 USS AMS-67 USS AMS-68 USS AMS-71 USS AMS-73 USS AMS-74 USS AMS-75 USS AMS-76...
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