USS Butler

History
United States
Name	Butler
Namesake	Smedley Butler
Builder	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Laid down	16 September 1941
Launched	12 February 1942
Commissioned	15 August 1942
Identification	DD-636
Reclassified	DMS-29, 15 November 1944
Decommissioned	8 November 1945
Stricken	28 November 1945
Fate	Sold 10 January 1948 and broken up for scrap.
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Propulsion	4 boilers 2 propellers 50,000 shp (37,000 kW)
Speed	37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual purpose guns, 4 × Bofors 40 mm guns 7 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons 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.