USS Butler (DD-636)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
4 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
depth charge projectors
depth charge tracks
6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
gptkbp:awards 4 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:commissioned 15 August 1942
gptkbp:complement 276 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 8 November 1945
gptkbp:destroyedBy kamikaze attack
gptkbp:displacement 1,630 tons (standard)
2,395 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
gptkbp:fate sunk as target
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Butler (DD-636)
gptkbp:laidDown 16 February 1942
gptkbp:launched 12 May 1942
gptkbp:length 348 ft 3 in (106.14 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Major_General_Smedley_Butler
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Invasion_of_Southern_France
gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:propulsion 2 geared steam turbines
4 boilers
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 37.4 knots
gptkbp:struck 28 November 1945
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5