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.
USS Maumee (ID-1339) USS "Maumee" (ID-1339) was a United States Navy collier commissioned in 1918. The ship was built in 1897 by Furness Withy and Company, Ltd. at West Hartlepool, England as the cargo ship Maylands of J. F. Wilson & Company. The ship went through a progression of names and owners, becoming Veerhaven in 1905, and Djursland in 1915. Later in 1915, the ship was renamed "Maumee" after her purchase by the American Transatlantic Company. After the United States' entry into World War I, "Maumee" was acquired by the United States Navy on 9 January 1918 and commissioned the same day. "Maumee" was initially assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, but reassigned to the Destroyer Force on 18 April 1919.