USS Wyman
Service
- as USS Wyman1 September 1943 — 21 December 1945732 days of the war
- Name
- USS Wyman
- Laid down
- 7 September 1942
- Launched
- 3 June 1943
- Commissioned
- 1 September 1943
- Decommissioned
- 21 December 1945
- Struck
- 8 January 1946
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 16 April 1947 (1947)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
- Length
- 88.09 m (289 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.35 m (11 ft)
- Speed
- 19 knots (35.2 km/h, 21.9 mph)
- Range
- 4,150 nmi (7,686 km)
- Complement
- 198
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
USS Wyman was a Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid on 7 September 1942. She entered service on 1 September 1943, having been launched on 3 June 1943.
Her class ran to 67 ships. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.
She displaced 1,140 long tons. She measured 88.1 m (289 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 19 knots, and she carried a complement of 198. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 732 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 21 December 1945. She was struck from the register on 8 January 1946.
She was broken up for scrap on 16 April 1947.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp
- 2 screws
- Armament
- 3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual purpose guns
- 1 × quad 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun
- 9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
- 1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk.10 (144 rounds)
- 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
- 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- HMS Bazely
- HMS Goodson
- HMS Inglis
- HMS Lawford (K514)
- USS Andres
- USS Austin (DE-15)
- USS Bebas
- USS Brackett
- USS Brennan
- USS Burden R. Hastings
- USS Cabana
- USS Canfield
- USS Carlson
- USS Charles R. Greer
- USS Cloues
- USS Connolly
- USS Crouter
- USS Crowley
- USS Decker
- USS Deede
- USS Dempsey (DE-26)
- USS Dionne
- USS Dobler
- USS Doherty
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Wyman on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons