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USS JOHN C. BUTLER
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DE-339 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| OCT | 1943 | Keel Date: 5 OCT 1943 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX |
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| NOV | 1943 | Launch Date: 12 NOV 1943 | |||
| MAR | 1944 | Commissioned: 31 MAR 1944 | |||
DE-339 General Specifications
Class: John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Named for: John Clarence Butler
Complement: 186 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1350 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 24 kn
Range: 6 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sunk as target 1971








