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Allied Warships

USS Butler (DD 636)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBristol 
PennantDD 636 
Built byPhiladelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 Sep, 1941 
Launched12 Feb, 1942 
Commissioned15 Aug, 1942 
End service8 Nov, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryConverted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-29 on 15 November 1944.
Heavily damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft 25 May 1945 off Okinawa, 9 of her crew were lost.
Decommissioned 8 November 1945.
Stricken 28 November 1945.
Sold 10 January 1948 and broken up for scrap. 

Books dealing with this subject include:

World War II American Destroyer Escorts, John C. Butler Class (WGT), Borchers, Duane D., Sr.,


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