"stockton" returned to the united states in 1919, and for three years continued to serve with the fleet. on 26 june 1922, she was placed out of commission and laid up at philadelphia. "stockton" was recommissioned on 16 august 1940 and shuttled to halifax, where she was decommissioned on 23 august and turned over to the united kingdom under the provisions of the destroyers for bases agreement.