WISEMAN DE 667

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Buckley Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid July 26 1943 - Launched and Christened November 6 1943 USS WISEMAN DE-667 Commissioned April 4 1944 - Decommissioned January 31 1947 Recommissioned September 11 1950 - Decommissioned May 16 1959 WISEMAN DE-667 Placed In Service as Group I NRT ship, 11th Naval District at San Diego, Cal. USS WISEMAN DE-667 Recommissioned October 2 1961 - Decommissioned August 1 1962 WISEMAN DE-667 Placed back In Service as a unit of ResDesDiv 272 at San Diego, Cal. Placed Out of Service April 15 1973 Struck from Naval Register April 15 1973 Sold April 29 1974 for scrap Removed from Navy custody May 22 1974

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1946-54)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning April 4 1944 to January 31 1947

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-03-25

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Locy Type 9efu

1945-12-22

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2nd Commissioning September 11 1950 to May 16 1959

 

Locy Type FDPS 2r

1952-10-18

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2r

1953-02-16

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3rd Commissioning October 2 1961 to August 1 1962

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

1962-06-30

Last Day of Postal Service, cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - two National Defense Service Medals - Korean Service Medal (w/ 6 Battle stars) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal - United Nations Korean Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Lieutenant (j.g.) Osborne Beeman Wiseman, USN (February 20 1915 – June 4 1942)
     Wiseman was born in Zanesville, Ohio and was appointed to the Naval Academy on 22 June 1934, graduating on 2 June 1938. After sea duty in Saratoga (CV 3) and Roe (DD 418), Wiseman was transferred to the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Fla., for flight training. Detached on 17 March 1941, having won his wings, Wiseman joined Bombing Squadron (VB) 3, embarked in SARATOGA. After that carrier was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine 1-25 off Oahu on 11 January 1942 and sent to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash., for repairs and alterations, her aviation units were transferred ashore to operate from Ford Island. When YORKTOWN (CV 5) returned to Pearl Harbor for repair of the damage sustained early in May at the Battle of the Coral Sea, her units were transferred from the ship and replaced by some of Saratoga's old units; Bombing Squadron 3, Torpedo Squadron 3, and Fighting Squadron 3. Wiseman reported on board YORKTOWN in time to take part in the pivotal Battle of Midway.
     On the first day of the carrier action, 4 June, Lt. (jg.) Wiseman flew two sorties; one against the carrier SORYU that morning and one against HIRYU that afternoon. The latter, by that point, was the last of the four enemy flattops afloat, and the strike in which Wiseman participated proved to be the coup de grace administered to that ship. Japanese "Zero" fighters, however, swarmed over the Dauntlesses of VB-3 and VB-6, exacting some measure of revenge for the pounding administered to HIRYU. In that melee, Wiseman's plane was shot down. Neither he nor his gunner were seen again. Having played a major part in turning the tide of the war in the Pacific, Lt. (jg.) Wiseman was awarded the Navy Cross, posthumously, for his heroism and devotion to duty.

 

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