USS Oliver Mitchell

	Oliver Mitchell east of Nantucket Sound, 20 August 1944
History
United States
Name	Oliver Mitchell
Builder	Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston, Texas
Laid down	3 January 1944
Launched	8 February 1944
Commissioned	14 June 1944
Decommissioned	24 April 1946
Stricken	15 March 1972
Fate	Sold for scrap, 15 January 1973
General characteristics
Class & type	John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,372 t) (standard); 1,745 long tons (1,773 t) (full load);
Length	306 ft (93.3 m) (o/a)
Beam	36 ft 10 in (11.2 m)
Draft	13 ft 4 in (4.1 m)
Installed power	2 boilers; 12,000 shp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion	2 propellers; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	14 officers and 201 enlisted men
Sensors &; processing systems	SL series surface search radar; SA series air search radar; QC series sonar;
Armament	2 × single 5 in (127 mm) guns; 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns ; 10 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns ; 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes ; 8 × depth charge throwers; 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar; 2 × depth charge racks;

For other ships with a similar name see USS Mitchell.

USS Oliver Mitchell (DE-417) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. Post-war, after active participation in the Pacific War, her crew returned home with five battle stars to their credit.