Donald W. Wolf was laid down by the
Defoe Shipbuilding Company in
Bay City, Michigan as a with the hull number
DE-713. A week before launching, on 17 July 1944, it was decided that
Wolf would be completed as a
Crosley-class fast transport, with the designation
APD-129. She was
launched on 22 July 1944, sponsored by
Corporal B. S. Wolf,
United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve, widow of Sergeant Wolf. She was
commissioned on 14 April 1945, at the
Todd-Johnson Dry Dock Company of
New Orleans, Louisiana.
U.S. Navy (1945–1946) After training at
Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, and overhaul at
Norfolk, Virginia,
Donald W. Wolf arrived at
San Diego, California, on 22 June 1945 for additional training. She embarked an
Underwater Demolition Team, and sailed for the western
Pacific on 16 August, touching at
Pearl Harbor and
Eniwetok, before arrival at
Buckner Bay,
Okinawa, on 4 September. The next day, she got underway to land men at
Jinsen for the occupation of
Korea, returning to Okinawa on 18 September. A week later, she sailed for the
Chinese mainland, stopping at
Tientsin,
Chefoo, and
Tsingtao before returning to Okinawa on 20 October.
Donald W. Wolf sailed the next day for the
United States, debarking her passengers at San Diego on 11 November. She was placed out of commission in reserve on 15 May 1946 and laid up in the
Pacific Reserve Fleet. She never saw any action in
World War II, and was in commission for a little over one year.
Republic of China Navy (1965–1995) Donald W. Wolf was transferred to the
Republic of China on 3 April 1965 and served in the
Republic of China Navy as '
ROCS Hua Shan
(PF-33)'. The ship was eventually struck by the Republic of China Navy in 1995 and broken up for scrap. == References ==