USS Donald W. Wolf (APD-129)

USS Donald W. Wolf (APD-129)

USS Donald W. Wolf (APD-129) was a Crosley-class high speed transport of the United States Navy, named for Sergeant Donald W. Wolf (1919–1942), USMC, who was posthoumously awarded the Navy Cross after being killed in action in the Battle of Guadalcanal.

Donald W. Wolf was laid down by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan as a Rudderow-class 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 launched on 22 July 1944, sponsored by Corporal B. S. Wolf, USMCWR, widow of Sergeant Wolf. She was commissioned on 14 April 1945, at the Todd-Johnson Dry Dock Company of New Orleans, Louisiana, with Lieutenant Commander S. C. O'Rourke, in command.