WYMAN DE 38
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.
- Evarts Class Type GMT Destroyer Escort
- USS WYMAN DE-38
Commissioned September 1 1943 - Decommissioned December 17 1945
Sold April 16 1947 to the National Steel and Metal Company, of Terminal Island, CA, for scrap
Keel Laid September 7 1942 for Great Britain as BDE-38
Launched June 3 1943
Retained June 16 1943 and named WYMAN
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- Cover Page 1 (1944)
Postmarks
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THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE |
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1944-12-25 |
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Ship used only Type 2z device
Other Information
WYMAN earned 6 Battle Stars for WWII service
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 6 stars - WWII Victory Medal
Credited with sinking...
The Japanese Submarine RO-48 July 19 1944 South Pacific
The Japanese Submarine I-55 July 28 1944 South Pacific
NAMESAKE - Eldon P. Wyman USNR (January 11 1917 - December 7 1941)
Wyman attended the University of Oregon from 1936 to 1940 before he enlisted in the Naval Reserve as an Apprentice Seaman on August 22 1940 at Portland. After training in USS TUSCALOOSA CA-37, he accepted an appointment as Midshipman in the Naval Reserve on March 17 1941. Attending the Naval Reserve Midshipman's School at Northwestern University, Chicago, Il., Wyman was commissioned Ensign on June 12 and reported to USS OKLAHOMA BB-37 on July 19. That battleship subsequently operated out of Pearl Harbor as a unit of Battleship Division 1 on exercises in the Hawaiian operating area and off the west coast as tensions increased in the Pacific and in the Far East. By early December 1941, Wyman was serving as Junior Watch Officer of the ship's "F" (fire control) division. Moored outboard of USS MARYLAND BB-46 on December 7 1941, OKLAHOMA took four aerial torpedoes and rolled over at her berth; among those trapped within the doomed ship's hull was Ensign Wyman
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