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Rolf

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-362
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched1944-05-23
Commissioned1944-09-07
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 3 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Rolf
U.S. Navy. USS Rolf (DE-362) off Orange, Texas (USA), on 7 September 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rolf, hull DE-362, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 20 March 1944 and launched her on 23 May 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 7 September 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Lester Earle Hubbell.

Her Pacific duty took her to Hollandia, New Guinea, Leyte, and the Philippines.

Her commissioned service ended on 3 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.