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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag= {{USN flag|1959}}
|Ship name=USS ''Donald W. Wolf'' (DE-713)
|Ship namesake=Donald W. Wolf
|Ship ordered=1942
|Ship builder=[[Defoe Shipbuilding Company]], [[Bay City, Michigan]]
|Ship laid down=17 April 1944 as {{sclass|Rudderow|destroyer escort|1}}
|Ship reclassified=APD-129, 17 July 1944
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|Ship launched=22 July 1944
|Ship commissioned=14 April 1945
|Ship decommissioned=15 May 1946
|Ship struck=1 March 1965
|Ship fate=Transferred to the [[Republic of China]], 3 April 1965
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|Ship country=Taiwan
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Republic of China|naval}}
|Ship name=ROCS ''Hua Shan'' (DE-33)
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|Ship acquired=3 April 1965
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|Ship reclassified=PF-33
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|Ship reclassified=PF-854
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|Ship reclassified=PF-833
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|Ship fate=Scrapped
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|Ship class={{sclass|Crosley|high speed transport}}
|Ship displacement= {{convert|1450|LT|t|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship length= {{convert|306|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|36|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft= {{convert|13|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*2 × [[Combustion Engineering]] DR [[boilers]]
*Turbo-electric drive with 2 × [[General Electric]] steam [[turbines]]
*2 × solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb. 3-bladed [[propeller]]s, {{convert|8|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}},  {{convert|7|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} pitch
*{{convert|12000|hp|MW|abbr=on}}
*2 [[rudder]]s
*359 tons fuel oil
|Ship speed= {{convert|23|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range=*{{convert|3700|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn|abbr=on}}
*{{convert|6000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship boats=4 × [[LCVP (United States)|LCVP]]s
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|Ship troops=162 troops
|Ship complement=204 (12 officers, 192 enlisted)
|Ship armament=*1 × [[5"/38 caliber gun]]
*3 × twin [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm guns]]
*6 × single [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm guns]]
*2 × [[depth charge]] tracks
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'''USS ''Donald W. Wolf'' (APD-129)''' was a {{sclass|Crosley|high speed transport}} of the [[United States Navy]], in service from 1945 to 1946. In 1965, she was transferred to the [[Republic of China Navy]] as ROCS ''Hua Shan'' (PF-33) and served until being struck and scrapped.

==Namesake==
Donald William Wolf was born on 7 February 1919 in [[Hart, Michigan]]. He enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps]] on 5 December 1939. On 9 October 1942 [[Sergeant#United States|Sergeant]] Wolf was killed in action during the [[Battle of Guadalcanal]] at the second battle of [[Matanikau River]]. He shared in the [[Presidential Unit Citation (US)|Presidential Unit Citation]] awarded the [[1st Marine Division (United States)|1st Marine Division]] and was posthumously awarded the [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]] for leading his [[platoon]] in [[hand-to-hand combat]] against an overwhelming enemy attacking force.

==History==
''Donald W. Wolf'' was laid down by the [[Defoe Shipbuilding Company]] in [[Bay City, Michigan]] as a {{sclass|Rudderow|destroyer escort}} 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 [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 22 July 1944, sponsored by [[Corporal]] B. S. Wolf, [[United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve]], widow of Sergeant Wolf.  She was [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 14 April 1945, at the [[Todd-Johnson Dry Dock Company]] of [[New Orleans, Louisiana]].

===U.S. Navy (1945–1946)===
After training at [[Guantánamo Bay, Cuba|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 Island|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 [[China|Chinese mainland]], stopping at [[Tianjin|Tientsin]], [[Yantai|Chefoo]], and [[Qingdao|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–?)===
''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 and broken up for scrap.

== References ==
{{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/donald-w-wolf-de-713.html}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|USS Donald W. Wolf (APD-129)}}
* {{navsource|10/04/04129|USS Donald W. Wolf}}

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{{Crosley class transport}}

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[[Category:Crosley-class high speed transports]]
[[Category:Ships built in Bay City, Michigan]]
[[Category:1944 ships]]
[[Category:World War II frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States]]
[[Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States]]
[[Category:Crosley-class high speed transports of the Republic of China Navy]]