USS Wiley ( DD - 597 ) USS " Wiley " ( DD - 597 ) , a " Fletcher " - class destroyer , was a ship of the United States Navy named for William Wiley , a sailor of the Navy in the 19th century who served in the First Barbary War . Wiley took part in the daring raid led by Lieutenant Stephen Decatur , Jr . , into Tripoli harbor on 16 February 1804 , to destroy the frigate " Philadelphia " . " Wiley " ( DD - 597 ) was laid down on 10 August 1943 at Bremerton , Wash . , by the Puget Sound Navy Yard ; launched on 25 September 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Herbert V . Wiley , wife of Vice Admiral Herbert V . Wiley , USN ( Ret . ) ; and commissioned there on 22 February 1945 , Commander B . P . Field , Jr . , in command . History . The destroyer conducted shakedown out of San Diego , Calif . , through the end of April 1945 ; underwent post - shakedown availability at Puget Sound ; and then sailed for the Hawaiian Islands , departing Port Angeles on 19 May and arriving at Pearl Harbor on the 26th . She trained in the vicinity of Oahu for three weeks before getting underway on 13 June to escort " Cape Gloucester " ( CVE - 109 ) to the Philippines . Arriving at Leyte on 13 July and in Subic Bay on the 15th , " Wiley " operated out of the Philippines on training exercises through the first week of August . The ship departed Subic Bay on 9 August and escorted a small group of tankers to the Ryukyu s . Within a week , Japan capitulated , ending the war in the Pacific . " Wiley " subsequently joined the North China force in operations off the coast of Asia , while Chinese communist and Nationalist forces fought for supremacy in the strategic northern provinces once occupied by the Japanese . Over the next three months , this peacekeeping duty took the destroyer to Dairen , Port Arthur , Chefoo , Tsingtao , and Chinwangtao . The ship destroyed floating Japanese mines with gunfire and screened the cruiser s of Cruiser Division 6 . On 8 September , " Wiley " covered the landings of a peacekeeping force of American troops at Inchon ( then called Jinsen ) , Korea . Detached from this duty with the cruisers , " Wiley " joined a fast carrier task force on 12 October for operations in the Gulf of Pohai . During the latter part of October , the destroyer served in the screen for " Antietam " ( CV - 36 ) and " Boxer " ( CV - 21 ) and served as plane guard for the carriers while they conducted routine flight operations over the Yellow Sea . Detached from this duty on 18 November , " Wiley " joined " San Francisco " ( CA - 38 ) at anchor off Taku . Four days later , " Wiley " shifted to Jinsen , took on board passengers and mail , and proceeded to Shanghai , Tsingtao , and Taku , disembarking some of her passengers at each port before returning to Jinsen on 30 November . " Wiley " remained in the Far East into December and then sailed , via Guam , Eniwetok , and Pearl Harbor , for the United States . After arriving at San Francisco , Calif . , on 3 January 1946 , " Wiley " received her inactivation orders on 11 March and put into San Diego the next day . Fate . Decommissioned and placed in reserve on 15 May 1946 , " Wiley " remained berthed at San Diego until struck from the Navy list on 1 May 1968 . She was sold to the National Metal and Steel Corporation , Terminal Island , Los Angeles , California , on 2 April 1970 and subsequently scrapped .