Photo #: NH 99112
USS Butler (DD-636)
Slides down the ways, during launching ceremonies at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, on 12 February 1942.
USS Gherardi (DD-637), which was launched immediately
afterwards, is at left.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Rear
Admiral Adolphus E. Watson, USN, donated by Mrs. Alexander C.
Liggett and Mrs. J.S. Taylor.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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