End of War Decommissioning
The end of the war changed the Navy's plans for the ship. On 17 August — while in the midst of her scheduled 42-day overhaul during which she was to receive her "ultimate approved armament" — all work on the ship "except that necessary to place the ship in safe and habitable condition" was halted. Declared surplus to the needs of the postwar Navy, Wyman was decommissioned on 17 December 1945 and struck from the Navy List on 8 January 1946.
Having been stripped prior to her decommissioning, the ship's hulk was sold to the National Metal and Steel Company, of Terminal Island, California, on 16 April 1947 for scrapping, a process which was completed by 14 March 1948.
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