The USS Wheeling was a gunboat built in 1897 that served in the Spanish-American War, patrolled the Philippines and China during the Boxer Rebellion, and escorted convoys in World War I. After WWI, it was used as a naval reserve training ship until WWII when it served as a berthing barge for torpedo boat crews. The Wheeling was decommissioned in 1946 after nearly 50 years of service and sold for scrap. (https://tinyurl.com/3zzjzh3w) (https://tinyurl.com/2p929enp)