file created: 12/07/02 01:07:20 , last update: 05/31/02
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DE-38 Wyman
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts - 1942/09/07
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton
1943/06/03 1943/09/01 1947/04/16
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Namesake: Ens Eldon P. Wyman, *1917/01/11 KIA 41/12/07 onboard Oklahoma ("F" -fire control- division)
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/11/07 43/11/14     sail from Puget Sound to P.H.   66 
43/12/01 44/05??     P.H. - submarine training duty   66 
44/06/07 44/06/16     P.H.   88 
44/06/22 44/07/0?     sail from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
44/07/05   Forage 12.2 HKG: patrol area: E of Guam, Nof Truk   70 
44/07/19   Forage 12.2 sinking I-5 360 nm E of Guam (13-01N, 151-58E)   70  85 
44/07/28   Forage 12.2 sinking/share(Reynolds) I-55 400 nm E of Tinian (14-26N, 152-16E)   70  85 
44/08/09 44/08/31   57.3 escort duty Marshalls <> Marianas   66 
44/08/31 44/10 Stale2 30.8.10     66 
44/10 44/10/20 King2 30.8.10     66 
44/10/20 45/03     escort duty Marshalls <> Marianas   66 
45/02   Detach   HUK operations   66 
45/03/13 45/06/10 Iceber 50.8.4     70 
45/06/10 45/07/15     sail from Okinawa ? to Guam > Eniwetok > P.H. > San Francisco   66 
45/07/15 45/12     San Francisco - overhaul, then pre-inactivation overhaul   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex BDE-38, 43/06/16 > DE-38, 43/06/23 > Wyman, 1946/01/08 struck from Navy
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 6 Battle Stars
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