USS Butte

USS Butte

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named "Butte".

*USS|Butte|APA-68, was a "Gilliam" class troop transport ship commissioned in 1944 that was used in Operation Crossroads after World War II and finally scuttled in 1948. She was named for the counties in California, Idaho, and South Dakota.

*USS|Butte|AE-27, was a "Kilauea" class ammunition ship named after Butte, Montana and commissioned in 1968. Transferred to the Military Sealift Command in 1996, she was sunk as a target in 2006.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b11-list.htm


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