The USS Wiseman (DE-667) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort laid down on July 26, 1943, and launched on November 6, the same year. It was commissioned on April 4, 1944, under Lt. W. B. McClaran’s command with the hull number DE-667 and served in the U.S. Navy for 11 years and a half until it was decommissioned on August 1, 1962. During its activity, the ship carried a complement of 213 men on board and had its main missions in Boston, Bizerte, Gibraltar, Alaska, Korea, Hong Kong, and Yokohama. After decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on April 15, 1973. One month later, it was the ship was removed from Navy custody. Fires are by far the most prevalent cause of ship damage, which is why asbestos was considered a miraculous fireproof, insulating material that would increase fire safety onboard aircraft carriers, amphibious warships, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, escorts, frigates, minesweepers, submarines, auxiliary ships, and merchant marine ships built in the mid-20th century.
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