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{{Short description|Class of American destroyer escorts}}
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| Ship image = USS John C. Butler (DE-339) underway in the Pacific Ocean on 1 March 1945 (80-G-264041).jpg
| Ship caption = USS ''John C. Butler''
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''John C. Butler'' class
| Builders = *[[Consolidated Steel Corporation|Consolidated Steel]], TX (34)
*[[Brown Shipbuilding]], TX (23)
*[[Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company|Federal Shipbuilding]], NJ (16)
*[[Boston Navy Yard]], MA (10)
| Operators = *{{navy|United States|1912}}
*{{naval|Portugal}}
| Class before = {{sclass|Rudderow|destroyer escort|4}}
| Class after = {{sclass|Dealey|destroyer escort|4}}
| Subclasses = 
| Built range = 1943–1945
| In commission range = 1943–1968
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 293
| Total ships completed = 83
| Total ships cancelled = 210
| Total ships active = 
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships lost = 3
| Total ships retired = 80
| Total ships preserved = 
}}
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| Ship type = [[Destroyer escort]]
| Ship displacement = *{{convert|1350|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (standard)
*{{convert|1745|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (full load)
| Ship length = {{convert|306|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|37|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = *'''Light:''' {{convert|9|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
*'''Deep:''' {{convert|13|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = Propulsion:	2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); 2 propellers
| Ship speed = *{{convert|24.3|kn|mph km/h|lk=in|abbr=on}} (trial)
*{{convert|24|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} (service)
| Ship range = 
| Ship complement = *Officers: 15
*Enlisted: 183
| Ship sensors = *1 × [[SC radar]]
| Ship armament = *2 × [[5"/38 caliber gun|{{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}/38 caliber]] [[dual purpose gun]]s
*4 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm]] [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft gun]]s (2x2); later, 10 × 40 mm guns (1×4, 3×2)
*10 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm anti-aircraft cannon]]s
*3 x 21" torpedo tubes; later replaced by additional 40 mm guns
*8 × [[K-gun]] depth charge projectors
*2 × Depth charge racks
*1 × [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] ASW mortar
| Ship notes = 
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|}

The '''''John C. Butler'' class''' were [[destroyer escort]]s that originated during [[World War II]]. The [[lead ship]] was {{USS|John C. Butler|DE-339|6}}, commissioned on 31 March 1944. The class was also known as the WGT type from their [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] geared [[Steam turbine|turbine]] drive.<ref>''U.S. Destroyers, an illustrated design history'' by Norman Friedman. Chapter 7. {{ISBN|1-55750-442-3}}.</ref> 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.

==History==

The standard armament for the class was two {{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} [[dual purpose gun]]s, four [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm]] and ten [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm]] [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft guns]], and three [[American 21-inch torpedo|21-inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s. It also carried two [[depth charge]] racks, eight [[K-gun]] depth charge projectors and one [[Hedgehog (weapon)|hedgehog projector]] as secondary weapons. The ships had a maximum speed of {{convert|24|kn|mph km/h|lk=in|abbr=on}}.

[[File:Diagram of US Navy WWII destroyer escort.png|thumb|left]]

The most notable ship of this class was {{USS|Samuel B. Roberts|DE-413|2}}, which gained fame during the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]], where she, along with several other ships, engaged a number of [[cruiser]]s and [[battleship]]s of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] in a torpedo attack, where she was sunk after taking several hits.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Drooker, Arthur (Writer / Producer) |title=Dogfights: Death of the Japanese Navy |medium=TV series|publisher=[[History (U.S. TV channel)|The History Channel]]| location=United States|year=2007}}</ref> During this action, ''Samuel B. Roberts'' achieved a speed of {{convert|28.7|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} for over an hour by running her engines at {{convert|660|psi|bar|lk=on|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite book |author=Hornfischer, James D. |title=The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors |publisher=Bantam |year=2004 |isbn=0-553-80257-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/laststandoftinca00horn }}</ref> She is known in naval lore as "the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship". The other two ships of this class lost were [[USS Shelton (DE-407)|USS ''Shelton'']] and [[USS Eversole (DE-404)|USS ''Eversole'']].

Also notable was {{USS|Tabberer|DE-418|2}} for which Captain Henry Lee Plage earned the Legion of Merit, while the entire crew earned the Navy's Unit Commendation Ribbon for taking the initiative to rescue other ships after a disastrous storm. In December 1944, the ship lost her mast and radio antennas riding out [[Typhoon Cobra]], which killed 790 sailors (more than were lost at the battles of Midway and Coral Sea combined). Although damaged and unable to radio for help, she was first on the scene to recover 55 of only 93 total rescued from three destroyers which capsized in the heavy seas.

A floating history museum of the destroyer escorts resides in Albany, New York.<ref>[http://www.ussslater.org/ Destroyer Escort Historical Museum]</ref> {{USS|Slater|DE-766|6}} (a related {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort|1}}) is docked during temperate months on the Hudson River in Albany, New York. An {{sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort|1}}, {{USS|Stewart|DE-238|6}}, is also on display as a museum ship in [[Galveston, Texas]].

==Ships in class==
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-weight:97%"
|+ Construction data
|-
! scope="col" | Ship Name
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Hull no.|hull number}}
! scope="col" style="max-width: 8em;" | Builder
! scope="col" | Laid down
! scope="col" | Launched
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Comm.|commissioned}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Decomm.|decommissioned}}
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|John C. Butler|DE-339|2}}
! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;" | DE-339
|rowspan=34|[[Consolidated Steel Corporation]], [[Orange, Texas]]
|5 October 1943
|12 November 1943
|31 March 1944 
|18 December 1957
|Struck 1 June 1970, sunk as target 1971
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|O'Flaherty|DE-340|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-340
|4 October 1943
|14 December 1943
|8 April 1944
|January 1947
|Struck 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 27 November 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Raymond|DE-341|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-341
|3 November 1943
|8 January 1944
|15 April 1944
|22 September 1958
|Struck 1 July 1972, sunk as target off Florida on 22 January 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Richard W. Suesens|DE-342|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-342
|1 November 1943
|11 January 1944
|26 April 1944
|15 January 1947
|Struck 15 March 1972, sold for scrap 13 June 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Abercrombie|DE-343|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-343
|8 November 1943
|14 January 1944
|1 May 1944
|15 June 1946
|Struck 1 May 1967, sunk as target 7 January 1968
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Oberrender|DE-344|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-344
|8 November 1943
|18 January 1944
|11 May 1944
|11 July 1945
|Struck 25 July 1945, sunk as a target 6 November 1945
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Robert Brazier|DE-345|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-345
|16 November 1943
|22 January 1944
|18 May 1944
|16 September 1946
|Struck 1 January 1968, sunk as target off California 9 January 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Edwin A. Howard|DE-346|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-346
|15 November 1943
|25 January 1944
|25 May 1944
|25 September 1946
|Struck 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 12 September 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Jesse Rutherford|DE-347|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-347
|22 November 1943
|29 January 1944
|31 May 1944
|21 June 1946
|Struck 1 January 1968, sunk as target off California 8 December 1968
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Key|DE-348|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-348
|14 December 1943
|12 February 1944
|5 June 1944
|9 July 1946
|Struck 1 March 1972, sold for scrap 19 December 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Gentry|DE-349|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-349
|13 December 1943
|15 February 1944
|14 June 1944
|2 July 1946
|Struck 15 January 1972, sold for scrap 15 January 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Traw|DE-350|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-350
|19 December 1943
|12 February 1944
|20 June 1944
|7 June 1946
|Struck 1 August 1967, 	sunk as target off California 17 August 1968
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Maurice J. Manuel|DE-351|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-351
|22 December 1943
|19 February 1944
|30 June 1944
|30 October 1957
|Struck 1 May 1966, sunk as target August 1966
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Naifeh|DE-352|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-352
|29 December 1943
|29 February 1944
|4 July 1944
|17 June 1960
|Struck 1 January 1966, sunk as a target 11 July 1966
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Doyle C. Barnes|DE-353|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-353
|11 January 1944
|4 March 1944
|13 July 1944
|15 January 1947
|Struck 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 12 September 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Kenneth M. Willett|DE-354|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-354
|10 January 1944
|7 March 1944
|19 July 1944
|26 February 1959
|Struck 1 July 1972, sunk as target off Puerto Rico 6 March 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Jaccard|DE-355|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-355
|25 January 1944
|18 March 1944
|26 July 1944
|30 September 1946
|Struck 1 November 1967, sunk as target 4 October 1968
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Lloyd E. Acree|DE-356|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-356
|24 January 1944
|21 March 1944
|1 August 1944
|10 October 1946
|Struck 15 January 1972, sold for scrap 13 June 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|George E. Davis|DE-357|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-357
|15 February 1944
|8 April 1944
|11 August 1944
|11 November 1954
|Struck 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 2 January 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Mack|DE-358|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-358
|14 February 1944
|11 April 1944
|16 August 1944
|11 December 1946
|Struck 15 March 1972, sold for scrap 13 June 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Woodson|DE-359|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-359
|7 March 1944
|29 April 1944
|24 August 1944
|11 August 1962
|Struck 1 July 1965, sold for scrap 16 August 1966
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Johnnie Hutchins|DE-360|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-360
|6 March 1944
|2 May 1944
|28 August 1944
|25 February 1958
|Struck 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 5 February 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Walton|DE-361|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-361
|21 March 1944
|20 May 1944
|4 September 1944
|20 September 1968
|Struck 23 September 1968, sunk as target 7 August 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Rolf|DE-362|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-362
|20 March 1944
|23 May 1944
|7 September 1944
|3 June 1946
|Struck 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 11 September 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Pratt|DE-363|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-363
|11 April 1944
|1 June 1944
|18 September 1944
|14 May 1946
|Struck 15 March 1972, sold for scrap 15 January 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Rombach|DE-364|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-364
|10 April 1944
|6 June 1944
|20 September 1944
|9 January 1958
|Struck 1 March 1972, sold for scrap 19 December 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|McGinty|DE-365|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-365
|3 May 1944
|5 August 1944
|25 September 1944
|23 September 1968
|Struck 23 September 1968, sold for scrap 27 October 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Alvin C. Cockrell|DE-366|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-366
|1 May 1944
|8 August 1944
|7 October 1944
|17 January 1959
|Struck 23 September 1968, sunk as target off California 19 September 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|French|DE-367|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-367
|1 May 1944
|17 June 1944
|9 October 1944
|29 May 1946
|Struck 15 May 1972, sold for scrap 20 September 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Cecil J. Doyle|DE-368|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-368
|12 May 1944
|1 July 1944
|16 October 1944
|2 July 1946
|Struck 1 July 1967, sunk as target 2 December 1967
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Thaddeus Parker|DE-369|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-369
|23 May 1944
|26 August 1944
|25 October 1944
|1 September 1967
|Struck 1 September 1967, sold for scrap 9 July 1968
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|John L. Williamson|DE-370|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-370
|22 May 1944
|29 August 1944
|31 October 1944
|14 June 1946
|Struck 15 September 1970, sold for scrap 13 June 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Presley|DE-371|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-371
|6 June 1944
|19 August 1944
|7 November 1944
|20 June 1946
|Struck 30 June 1968, sold for scrap 2 April 1970
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Williams |DE-372|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-372
|5 June 1944
|22 August 1944
|11 November 1944
|4 June 1946
|Struck 1 July 1967, sunk as target off California 29 June 1968
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Richard S. Bull|DE-402|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-402
|rowspan=23|[[Brown Shipbuilding]], [[Houston, Texas]]
|18 August 1943
|16 November 1943
|26 February 1944
|March 1946
|Struck 30 June 1968, sunk as target off California, 24 June 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Richard M. Rowell|DE-403|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-403
|18 August 1943
|17 November 1943
|9 March 1944
|2 July 1946
|Struck 30 June 1968, sold for scrap June 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Eversole|DE-404|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-404
|15 September 1943
|3 December 1943
|21 March 1944
|{{n/a}}
|Sunk by Japanese Submarine {{Jsub|I-45||2}} off [[Leyte]] 28 October 1944
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Dennis|DE-405|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-405
|15 September 1943
|4 December 1943
|20 March 1944
|31 May 1946
|Struck 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 12 September 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Edmonds|DE-406|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-406
|1 November 1943
|17 December 1943
|3 April 1944
|April 1965
|Struck 15 May 1972, sold for scrap 20 September 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Shelton|DE-407|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-407
|1 November 1943
|18 December 1943
|4 April 1944
|{{n/a}}
|Sunk by [[Japanese submarine Ro-41]] off [[Morotai]] 3 October 1944
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Straus|DE-408|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-408
|18 November 1943
|30 December 1943
|6 April 1944
|15 January 1947
|Struck 1 May 1966, sunk as target August 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|La Prade|DE-409|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-409
|18 November 1943
|31 December 1943
|20 April 1944
|11 May 1946
|Struck 15 January 1972, sold for scrap 15 January 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Jack Miller|DE-410|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-410
|29 November 1943
|10 January 1944
|13 April 1944
|1 June 1946
|Struck 30 June 1968, sold for scrap July 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Stafford|DE-411|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-411
|29 November 1943
|11 January 1944
|19 April 1944
|16 May 1946
|Struck 15 March 1972, sold for scrap 13 June 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Walter C. Wann|DE-412|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-412
|6 December 1943
|19 January 1944
|2 May 1944
|31 May 1946
|Struck 30 June 1968, sold for scrap June 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Samuel B. Roberts|DE-413|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-413
|6 December 1943
|20 January 1944
|28 April 1944
|{{n/a}}
|Sunk during the [[Battle off Samar]] 25 October 1944
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|LeRay Wilson|DE-414|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-414
|20 December 1943
|28 January 1944
|10 May 1944
|30 January 1959
|Struck 15 May 1972, sold for scrap 14 September 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Lawrence C. Taylor|DE-415|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-415
|20 December 1943
|29 January 1944
|13 May 1944
|23 April 1946
|Struck 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 12 September 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Melvin R. Nawman|DE-416|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-416
|3 January 1944
|7 February 1944
|16 May 1944
|30 August 1960
|Struck 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 3 October 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Oliver Mitchell|DE-417|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-417
|3 January 1944
|8 February 1944
|14 June 1944
|24 April 1946
|Struck 15 March 1972, sold for scrap 15 January 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Tabberer|DE-418|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-418
|12 January 1944
|18 February 1944
|23 May 1944
|May 1960
|Struck 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 3 October 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Robert F. Keller|DE-419|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-419
|12 January 1944
|19 February 1944
|17 June 1944
|January 1965
|Struck 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 5 February 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Leland E. Thomas|DE-420|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-420
|21 January 1944
|28 February 1944
|19 June 1944
|3 May 1946
|Struck 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 11 September 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Chester T. O'Brien|DE-421|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-421
|21 January 1944
|29 February 1944
|3 July 1944
|25 May 1960
|Struck 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 4 April 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Douglas A. Munro|DE-422|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-422
|31 January 1944
|8 March 1944
|11 July 1944
|24 June 1960
|Struck 1 December 1965, sunk as target January 1966
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Dufilho|DE-423|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-423
|31 January 1944
|9 March 1944
|21 July 1944
|14 May 1946
|Struck 1 December 1972, Sold for scrap 12 September 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Haas|DE-424|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-424
|23 February 1944
|20 March 1944
|2 August 1944
|24 January 1958
|Struck 1 July 1966, sold for scrap 6 September 1967
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Corbesier|DE-438|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-438
|rowspan=16|[[Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company]], [[Newark, New Jersey]]
|4 November 1943
|13 February 1944
|31 March 1944
|2 July 1946
|Struck 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 3 December 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Conklin|DE-439|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-439
|4 November 1943
|13 February 1944
|21 April 1944
|17 January 1946
|Struck 1 October 1970, sold for scrap 12 May 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|McCoy Reynolds|DE-440|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-440
|18 November 1943
|22 February 1944
|2 May 1944
|7 February 1957
|Struck 1 November 1968, sold to Portugal December 1968, scrapped 1970
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|William Seiverling|DE-441|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-441
|2 December 1943
|7 March 1944
|1 June 1944
|27 September 1957
|Struck 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 20 September 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Ulvert M. Moore|DE-442|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-442
|2 December 1943
|7 March 1944
|18 July 1944
|10 October 1958
|Struck 1 December 1965, sunk as target off San Nicholas Isle, California on 13 July 1966
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Kendall C. Campbell|DE-443|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-443
|16 December 1943
|19 March 1944
|31 July 1944
|31 May 1946
|Struck 15 January 1972, sold for scrap 15 January 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Goss|DE-444|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-444
|16 December 1943
|19 March 1944
|26 August 1944
|10 October 1958
|Struck 1 March 1972, sold for scrap 20 November 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Grady|DE-445|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-445
|3 January 1944
|2 April 1944
|11 September 1944
|18 December 1957
|Struck 30 June 1968, sold for scrap June 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Charles E. Brannon|DE-446|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-446
|13 January 1944
|23 April 1944
|1 November 1944
|23 September 1968
|Struck 23 September 1968, sold for scrap 27 October 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Albert T. Harris|DE-447|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-447
|13 January 1944
|16 April 1944
|29 November 1944
|21 September 1968
|Struck 23 September 1968, sunk as target off the Virginia Capes, 9 April 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Cross|DE-448|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-448
|19 March 1944
|4 July 1944
|8 January 1945
|2 January 1958
|Struck 1 July 1966, sold for scrap 5 March 1968
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hanna|DE-449|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-449
|23 March 1944
|4 July 1944
|27 January 1945
|11 December 1959
|Struck 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 3 December 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Joseph E. Connolly|DE-450|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-450
|6 April 1944
|6 August 1944
|28 February 1945
|20 June 1946
|Struck 1 June 1970, sunk as target on 24 February 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Gilligan|DE-508|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-508
|18 November 1943
|22 February 1944
|12 May 1944
|31 March 1959
|Struck 1 March 1972, sold for scrap 20 November 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Formoe|DE-509|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-509
|3 January 1944
|2 April 1944
|5 October 1944
|7 February 1957
|Loaned to Portugal 7 February 1957, struck 1 October 1968, scrapped 1970
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Heyliger|DE-510|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-510
|27 April 1944
|6 August 1944
|24 March 1945
|2 January 1958
|Struck 1 May 1966, sunk as target in 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Edward H. Allen|DE-531|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-531
|rowspan=10|[[Boston Naval Shipyard]]
|31 August 1943
|7 October 1943
|16 December 1943
|9 January 1958
|Struck 1 July 1972, sold for scrap 5 February 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Tweedy|DE-532|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-532
|31 August 1943
|7 October 1943
|12 February 1944 
|30 June 1969
|Struck 30 June 1969, sunk as target off Florida May 1970
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Howard F. Clark|DE-533|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-533
|8 October 1943
|8 November 1943
|25 May 1944
|5 July 1946
|Struck 15 May 1972, sold for scrap 6 September 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Silverstein|DE-534|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-534
|8 October 1943
|8 November 1943
|14 July 1944
|30 January 1959
|Struck 1 December 1972, sold for scrap 3 December 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Lewis|DE-535|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-535
|3 November 1943
|7 December 1943
|5 September 1944
|27 May 1960
|Struck 1 January 1966, sunk as target in 1966
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Bivin|DE-536|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-536
|3 November 1943
|7 December 1943
|31 October 1944
|15 January 1947
|Struck 30 June 1968, sunk as target off California on 17 July 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Rizzi|DE-537|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-537
|3 November 1943
|7 December 1943
|26 June 1945
|28 February 1958
|Struck 1 August 1972, sold for scrap 5 February 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Osberg|DE-538|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-538
|3 November 1943
|7 December 1943
|10 December 1945
|25 February 1958
|Struck 1 August 1972, sold for scrap 5 February 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Wagner|DE-539|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-539
|8 November 1943
|27 December 1943
|22 November 1955
|June 1960
|Struck 1 November 1974, sunk as target
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Vandivier|DE-540|2}}
! scope="row" | DE-540
|8 November 1943
|27 December 1943
|11 October 1955
|30 June 1960
|Struck 1 November 1974, sunk as target off Florida 7 February 1975
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|John C. Butler class destroyer escorts}}
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/339.htm NavSource Online - John C. Butler class destroyer escort]
* [https://destroyerhistory.org/de/johncbutlerclass/ Destroyer History.org - John C. Butler class destroyer escort]

{{John C. Butler class destroyer escort}}
{{WWII US ships}}

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[[Category:Cold War frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States| John_C._Butler-class_destroyer_escort]]