"manley" completed repairs in liverpool and sailed on 22 december 1918 for operations along the eastern seaboard of the united states. she got underway on 11 april 1919 to join u.s. naval forces in the adriatic sea transporting passengers, carrying mail, and performing diplomatic missions. in june 1919 she began carrying, mail and members of the u.s. food commission among turkish ports in the black sea. the destroyer returned from the mediterranean to new york on 1 august 1919 and decommissioned at philadelphia, pennsylvania on 14 june 1922.