USS Butler

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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.

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keel laying
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ship commissioning
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ship decommissioning
1942-02-12T00:00:00Z
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ship launching
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Brooklyn Navy Yard at dusk, in the summer of 1943 (80-G-K-3859)Brooklyn Navy Yard at dusk, in the summer of 1943 (80-G-K-3859)
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US Navy ships of Destroyer Squadron 17 at anchor c1943US Navy ships of Destroyer Squadron 17 at anchor c1943
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Brooklyn Navy Yard at dusk, in the summer of 1943 (80-G-K-3859)Brooklyn Navy Yard at dusk, in the summer of 1943 (80-G-K-3859)
US Navy ships of Destroyer Squadron 17 at anchor c1943US Navy ships of Destroyer Squadron 17 at anchor c1943
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