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DE- 362 USS ROLF

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 20 March 1944
Launched 23 May 1944, Commissioned 7 September 1944
Decommissioned 3 June 1946, Stricken 1 December 1972

Fate: sold for scrapping 11 September 1973

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Rolf 87kb Taken commissioning day at Orange TX, 7 September 1944 John San Marco.
Rolf 62kb 31 Jan 1945, Philippines John San Marco.
Rolf 64kb December 1945. After having just returned from 12 months duty in the Pacific. John San Marco.

USS ROLF DE- 362 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: John San Marco
Address: 411 W. Clary Ave. #A / San Gabriel CA 91776-1230
Phone:none
E-mail: John San Marco


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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