| 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. |
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.
19 Aug 1945
At 0500I/19, USS Hawkbill (T/Cdr. W. Scanland, Jr., USN) joined USS Rasher (T/Lt.Cdr. C.D. Nace, USN), USS Caiman (T/Cdr. W.L. Fey, Jr., USN), USS Carbonero (T/Cdr. C.L. Murphy, USN), USS Woodson (Lt.Cdr. A.R. Corlett, USNR) and USS Rolf (Lt.Cdr. L.E. Hubbell, USNR).
They all arrived at Subic Bay around 0900I/19.
USS Rasher ending her 8th war patrol.
USS Caiman ending her 4th war patrol.
USS Carbonero ending her 2nd war patrol.
USS Hawkbill ending her 5th war patrol. (2)
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Sources
- ADM 199/1876
- USS Hawkbill report of fifth war patrol
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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