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USS ''Wiseman'' (DE-667) was a ''Buckley''-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant (j.g.) Osborne B. Wiseman (1915–42), a naval aviator who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism in the Battle of Midway. ''Wiseman'' was laid down on 26 July 1943 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the Dravo Corp.; launched on 6 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. June Holton, the widow of Lt.(jg.) Wiseman; and commissioned at Algiers, Louisiana, on 4 April 1944, Lt. W. B. McClaran, Jr., USNR, in command. == 1944 – 1948 == Following shakedown in the Bermuda area and post-shakedown availability in the Boston Navy Yard, ''Wiseman'' departed Boston on 24 May 1944 to rendezvous with Task Force 64 (TF 64) and convoy UGS-43 on the first of three round-trip convoy escort runs. She escorted convoy GUS-43 from Casablanca, French Morocco, to New York, then left Hampton Roads with TF-64 and convoy UGS-50 on 3 August, shepherding convoy GUS-50 from Bizerte to the United States, sailing eastward on 29 August. Following repairs and alterations at Boston (19 September – 5 October), ''Wiseman'' conducted work-ups in the waters of Casco Bay, Maine, before resuming convoy escort work as part of TF-64, shepherding UGS-57 from Hampton Roads to Bizerte, returning eastward with TF-64 and GUS-57; passing Gibraltar on 11 November, the ship returned to Chesapeake Bay with that portion of GUS-57 on 30 November, before proceeding to Charleston, South Carolina Subsequently converted to a floating power station — the necessity for ship-to-shore electrical facilities haying been proved during the Pacific war — at the Charleston Navy Yard, ''Wiseman'' sailed for the Pacific on 11 January 1945. Reporting to Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, for duty on 17 January 1945 upon transiting the Panama Canal, she set course for the Hawaiian Islands in company with the high speed transport . Making port at Pearl Harbor on 3 February, the destroyer escort operated for a month in the Hawaiian Islands before setting sail for the Philippines on 3 March. Arriving at Manila on the 23d, she commenced furnishing power to that nearly demolished city on 13 April and, over the next five and one-half months, provided some of electricity. In addition, ''Wisemans evaporators furnished 150,000 gallons (570 m³) of drinking water to Army facilities in the harbor area and to many small craft. Her radios were also utilized to a great extent. Placed at the disposal of the Navy's port director, the ship's communication outfit was used to handle harbor radio traffic until the director's equipment arrived and was installed ashore. Following her vital service at Manila and projected operations at Ketchikan, Alaska, shelved, ''Wiseman'' shifted to Guam, arriving on 18 December 1945, where she provided power for the Army dredge ''Harris'' (YM-25). Departing Guam on 26 March 1946, in company with sister ship , she paused at Eniwetok, in the Marshalls (28–29 March), then returned to the United States via Pearl Harbor (4–6 April 1946). Decommissioned at San Diego, California on 31 May 1946, ''Wiseman'' was placed in inactivated status on 19 December 1946, then out of commission, in reserve, on 3 February 1947, and moved to Long Beach. Subsequently, the auxiliary ocean tug towed ''Wiseman'' from Long Beach back to San Diego (16–17 November 1948). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Wiseman (DE-667)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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