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The John C. Butler class Destroyer Escort originated during World War II . The Lead Ship was the USS ''John C. Butler'' , commissioned on March 31 , 1944 . The standard armament for the class was two 5 inch, four 40mm and ten 20mm guns, three 21 inch Torpedo Tube s. It also carried two Depth Charge tracks, eight depth charge projectors and one Hedgehog projector as secondary weapons. The ships had a maxium speed of 24 knots (44 kilometers per hour). The most notable ship of this class was the USS ''Samuel B. Roberts'' , which gained fame during the Battle Of Leyte Gulf , where it, along with several other ships engaged a number of Cruiser s and Battleship s of the Imperial Japanese Navy in a torpedo attack, where it was sunk after taking several hits. |
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