Allied Warships

USS Rolf (DE 362)

Destroyer Escort of the John C. Butler class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	John C. Butler
Pennant	DE 362
Built by	Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 Aug 1942
Laid down	20 Mar 1944
Launched	23 May 1944
Commissioned	7 Sep 1944
End service	3 Jun 1946
History	Decommissioned 3 June 1946. Stricken 1 December 1972. Sold 11 September 1973 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Rolf (DE 362)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lester Earle Hubbell, USNR	7 Sep 1944	12 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Rolf include:

29 May 1945
HMS Spark (Lt. D.G. Kent, RN) departed Subic Bay for her 5th war patrol (4th in the Far East and 3rd in the South-West Pacific area). She was ordered to patrol to the East of Singapore. This patrol included air/sea rescue duties.

Before proceeding on patrol exercises were carried out with HMS Stygian (Lt. G.S.C. Clarabut, DSO, RN) and USS Rolf (Lt.Cdr. L.E. Hubbell, USNR). (1)

31 May 1945
USS Caiman (Lt.Cdr. W.L. Fey, Jr., USN) made a short call at Subic Bay for fuel and provisions. She departed later the same day for a patrol area to the west of Borneo. She was escorted in and out by USS Rolf (Lt.Cdr. L.E. Hubbell, USNR).

14 Jun 1945
USS Bumper (Cdr. J.W. Williams, Jr., USN) ended her 1st war patrol at Subic Bay, Philippines. She was escorted in by USS Rolf (Lt.Cdr. L.E. Hubbell, USNR).

At Subic Bay she was refitted by a relief crew from Submarine Division 261 and USS Anthedon.