John C. Butler-class destroyer escort

USS John C. Butler
Class overview
Name	John C. Butler class
Builders	Consolidated Steel, TX (34) Brown Shipbuilding, TX (23) Federal Shipbuilding, NJ (16) Boston Navy Yard, MA (10)
Operators	United States Navy  Portuguese Navy
Preceded by	Rudderow class
Succeeded by	Dealey class
Built	1943–1945
In commission	1943–1968
Planned	293
Completed	83
Cancelled	210
Lost	3
Retired	80
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer escort
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,372 t) (standard) 1,745 long tons (1,773 t) (full load)
Length	306 ft (93.3 m)
Beam	37 ft (11.3 m)
Draft	Light: 9 ft 4 in (2.8 m) Deep: 13 ft 4 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion	Propulsion: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); 2 propellers
Speed	24.3 kn (28.0 mph; 45.0 km/h) (trial) 24 kn (28 mph; 44 km/h) (service)
Complement	Officers: 15 Enlisted: 183
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SC radar
Armament	2 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose guns 4 × 40 mm anti-aircraft guns (2x2); later, 10 × 40 mm guns (1×4, 3×2) 10 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons 3 x 21" torpedo tubes; later replaced by additional 40 mm guns 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors 2 × Depth charge racks 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar

The John C. Butler class were destroyer escorts that originated during World War II. The lead ship was USS John C. Butler, commissioned on 31 March 1944. The class was also known as the WGT type from their Westinghouse geared turbine drive.^[1] Of the 293 ships originally planned, 206 were canceled in 1944 and a further four after being laid down; three were not completed until after the end of World War II.