USS Butte (APA-68)
Butte on 3 December 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Butte |
| Namesake | |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles |
| Launched | 20 July 1944 |
| Commissioned | 21 November 1944 |
| Stricken | 28 May 1948 |
| Honors & awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate | Sunk as a target, 12 May 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gilliam-class attack transport |
| Displacement | 4,247 long tons (4,315 t) |
| Length | 426 ft (130 m) |
| Beam | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Speed | 16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph) |
| Complement | 283 |
| Armament | • 1 single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount
4 twin 40mm AA radar-directed gun mounts 10 single 20mm AA gun mounts |
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USS Butte (APA-68) was a Gilliam-class attack transport serving in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was sunk as a target in 1948.