Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer escort

USS Donald W. Wolf

Crosley-class high speed transport

USS Donald W. Wolf
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy high speed transport USS Donald W. Wolf (APD-129) at anchor, circa in 1945. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 21.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Donald W. Wolf (DE-713)14 April 1945 — 15 May 1946141 days of the war
  2. as ROCS Hua Shan (DE-33)3 April 1965 — 1995
Crosley-class high speed transport Particulars
Name
USS Donald W. Wolf
Namesake
Donald W. Wolf
Builder
Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Ordered
1942
Laid down
17 April 1944
Launched
22 July 1944
Commissioned
14 April 1945
Decommissioned
15 May 1946
Struck
1 March 1965
Fate
Scrapped
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,450 long tons (1,473 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft)
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
3.96 m (13 ft)
Speed
23 knots (42.6 km/h, 26.5 mph)
Range
3,700 nmi (6,852 km)
Complement
204
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Donald W. Wolf was a destroyer escort of the Crosley-class high speed transport, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after Donald W. Wolf. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan laid her keel on 17 April 1944. Launched on 22 July 1944, she entered service on 14 April 1945.

She was one of nine ships of her class. The class followed the Charles Lawrence-class high speed transport.

She displaced 1,450 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 23 knots, and she carried a complement of 204. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Donald W. Wolf (DE-713) until 15 May 1946. She was in commission for 141 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 March 1965.

She was broken up for scrap.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × Combustion Engineering DR boilers
  • Turbo-electric drive with 2 × General Electric steam turbines
  • 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb. 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft, 7 ft pitch
  • 12000 hp
  • 2 rudders
  • 359 tons fuel oil
Armament
  • 1 × 5"/38 caliber gun
  • 3 × twin 40 mm guns
  • 6 × single 20 mm guns
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Donald W. Wolf on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons