the destroyer recommissioned on 1 may 1930 for service as an experimental torpedo-firing ship at newport, rhode island. on 19 august 1930 she joined the scouting fleet in battle practice along the eastern seaboard and in the caribbean. she performed similar duty on the coast of california out of san diego during 1932. she returned to the atlantic early in 1933 for operations which continued until she sailed for the panama canal zone on 10 september 1935 and joined the special service squadron that patrolled the caribbean.