Later Career
After the Civil War, Wyman commanded Colorado, the flagship for the European Squadron. He was promoted to captain on 25 July 1866 and took command of the steam sloop Ticonderoga the following year.
After that tour of sea duty, Wyman headed the Navy's Hydrographic Office for eight years, receiving promotions to commodore on 19 July 1872 and to rear admiral on 26 April 1878. His leadership of the Hydrographic Office proved to be of great importance to the Navy and seafaring men in general. Through the Civil War, the United States Navy had relied upon foreign sources—principally British—for their navigational charts, doing little of their own hydrographic work. Under Wyman's direction, the office began a systematic and sustained program of worldwide charting and surveying, the precursor of the navy's present globe-girdling oceanographic research effort.
Following his promotion to flag rank in the spring of 1878, Wyman was given command of the North Atlantic Squadron. He subsequently became chairman of the Lighthouse Board.
Rear Admiral Wyman died in Washington, D.C., on 2 December 1882.
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