page_title: USS Oliver Mitchell
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: USS Oliver Mitchell / Design
caption_attribution_description: Diagram showing a U.S. Navy escort destroyer ("DE"). The type shown is a Rudderow or John C. Butler-class DE. The main difference was the propulsion plant, the Rudderow-class had a General Electric steam turbo-electric drive engine, whereas the John C. Butler-class had Westinghouse Geared Turbine drive.
context_page_description: USS Oliver Mitchell was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for 2nd Lieutenant Oliver Mitchell, a pilot who posthumously received the Silver Star for his attack on a Japanese destroyer during the Guadalcanal campaign.
  Post-war, after active participation in the Pacific War, her crew returned home with five battle stars to their credit.
context_section_description: The John C. Butler-class destroyer escorts were designed to meet a need for large numbers of cheap anti-submarine escort ships for ocean convoys, and as a result carried little anti-surface armament. The class was part of an initial requirement for 720 escorts to be completed by the end of 1944, which was significantly reduced.
  Oliver Mitchell was 306 feet (93.3 m) long overall with a beam of 36 feet 10 inches (11.2 m) and a draft of 13 feet 4 inches (4.1 m). She displaced 1,350 long tons (1,372 t) standard and 1,745 long tons (1,773 t) full load, with a complement of 14 officers and 201 enlisted men.
  The ship was propelled by two Westinghouse geared steam turbines powered by two "D" Express boilers, which created 12,000 shaft horsepower (8,900 kW) for a designed maximum speed of 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph). She had a range of 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).
caption: A United States Navy diagram of a destroyer escort
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