Eldon P. Wyman was an ensign serving aboard a battleship built in what year?
Eldon P. Wyman Eldon P. Wyman (11 January 1917 - 7 December 1941) was an ensign serving aboard the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Wyman was among the sailors trapped inside the Oklahoma when it sank at its berth.
Wickes-class destroyer The "Wickes"-class destroyers were a class of 111 destroyers built by the United States Navy in 1917–19. Along with the 6 preceding "Caldwell"-class and 156 subsequent "Clemson"-class destroyer s, they formed the "flush-deck" or "four-stack" type. Only a few were completed in time to serve in World War I, including USS "Wickes" , the lead ship of the class.