
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
DMS-29 USS Butler (ex DD-636)
- Ellyson Class Fast Minesweeper (ex Gleaves Class Destroyer):
- Displacement: 2,030 tons
- Length: 348'4"
- Beam: 36'0"
- Draft: 17'6"
- Speed: 37 knots
- Armament: 3 3"/50 DP, 1x2 40mm, 5-7 20mm
- Complement: 276
- High-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 50,000 h.p.
- Built at Philadelphia Navy Yard, and commissioned (DD-636) 15 August 1942
- Converted to Fast Minesweeper, 15 November 1944
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February 26, 2001