USN · DE
Wileman
Photos and infoEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-22. Commissioned at Mare Island on 11 June 1943. She left Pearl Harbor on 28 January 1944 with a garrison convoy, reached Kwajalein on 10 February, and stayed on patrol in the atoll and at Majuro until 28 February. The order of battle places her with the Northern Garrison Group. Her history says the convoy carried the 16th Marine Defense Battalion and a construction battalion. Not sunk.
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
|---|---|
| Hull | DE-22 |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1942-12-19 |
| Commissioned | 1943-06-11 |
| Fate | Afloat. Decommissioned 16 November 1945 at Terminal Island. Struck 28 November 1945. Sold 8 January 1947. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
USS Wileman (DE-22) at anchor, circa 1945. U.S. Navy photograph by Lt. George Robertson. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Wileman (DE-22) at anchor, circa in 1945.jpg. Public domain.
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Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · escorted the northern garrison convoy; reached Kwajalein on 10 February 1944; not sunk
