to have her original Curtis turbines replaced by General Electric turbines. Recommissioned on 25 July, while still undergoing overhaul, Salem stood out of Boston harbor on 12 March 1918 for New London, Connecticut, to join a force gathering to convoy submarine chasers across the Atlantic. On 21 March 1918 she damaged Barge "William C. Moore" in a collision, the Barge later sank at dock in New London, Connecticut. From 31 March-15 June, she served as flagship for two convoys of submarine chasers, leaving both at Ponta Delgada, Azores, and returning westward. On 18 June, she became a flagship of a flotilla of 12 submarine chasers assigned to Key West to operate against German submarines. Arriving at Key West on the 22nd, Salems force carried out antisubmarine patrols off Florida and as far south as the Yucatán Peninsula through the remainder of World War I. On 27 November, the force was disbanded; and, after an overhaul at the Boston Navy Yard, Salem steamed to the west coast. Designated CL-3 on 17 July 1920, she was decommissioned at Mare Island on 16 August 1921; struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 13 November 1929; and, with cruisers Albany and New Orleans, sold on 11 February 1930 to D. G. Seagraves of San Francisco, California, for scrapping. External links Mare Island Navy Yard – 1928. Elbridge Ayer Burbank pencil sketch. References Chester-class cruisers World War I cruisers of the United States Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts 1907 ships