USS Alfred Wolf (DE-544)
For the United States Navy sailor, see Alfred Wolf.
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Alfred Wolf |
| Namesake: | Seaman First Class Alfred Wolf (1923-1943), a U.S. Navy sailor killed during World War II |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: | 9 December 1943 |
| Launched: | Never |
| Commissioned: | Never |
| Fate: |
Construction contract cancelled 5 September 1944 Scrapped incomplete |
| Notes: | Construction suspended 10 June 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,350 tons |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 8 in (11 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 5 in (3 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp; 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) @ 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns (2×1) 4 × 40 mm AA guns (2×2) 10 × 20 mm AA guns (10×1) 3 × 21 in. torpedo tubes (1×3) 8 × depth charge projectors 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Alfred Wolf (DE-544) was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed.
The name Alfred Wolf was assigned to the ship on 26 October 1943. Her keel was laid at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 9 December 1943.
Due to changes in World War II ship construction priorities, the construction of Alfred Wolf was suspended on 10 June 1944 and cancelled altogether on 5 September 1944. Subsequently, the incomplete ship was scrapped on the building ways.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
