USS Alfred Wolf (DE-544)

History
United States
Name:	Alfred Wolf
Namesake:	Seaman First Class Alfred Wolf (1923-1943)
Builder:	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down:	9 December 1943
Fate:	Construction contract cancelled 5 September 1944 Scrapped incomplete
Notes:	Construction suspended 10 June 1944
General characteristics (as planned)
Class & type:	John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Displacement:	1,350 long tons (1,370 t)
Length:	306 ft (93 m) oa
Beam:	36 ft 8 in (11.18 m)
Draft:	9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Installed power:	2 × boilers 12,000 shp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × geared turbine engines 2 × propellers
Speed:	24 kn (28 mph; 44 km/h)
Range:	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 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. She was named after Alfred Wolf, a U.S. Navy sailor killed during World War II.

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

References

1. "Alfred Wolf". Naval History and Heritage Command. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Navsource Naval History: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy: Destroyer Escorts, Frigates, Littoral Warfare Vessels