the China coast between 7 and 10 June for the flight of four United States Army aircraft around the world. Smith Thompson returned to the U.S. East Coast in 1925 via San Diego, California and the Panama Canal, arriving in Hampton Roads on 16 July. After overhaul, Smith Thompson joined Destroyer Squadrons, Scouting Fleet, and cruised along the U.S. East Coast and in the Caribbean on training exercises. During September and October 1926 and January 1927, the destroyer was temporarily attached to the U.S. Special Service Squadron for duty on the coast of Nicaragua, observing conditions in that country during a revolutionary outbreak, protecting American interests, and furnishing transportation to Naval and Marine Corps personnel. Between June 1927 and January 1928, Smith Thompson cruised in the Mediterranean and the Adriatic, and then proceeded to the United States West Coast to join Destroyer Squadrons, Battle Fleet. On 1 August 1929, she sailed from Bremerton, Washington, with her division for a second tour with the Asiatic Fleet. Arriving at Chefoo, China, on 2 September 1929; Smith Thompson participated in exercises with the fleet in Chinese and Philippine waters, with overhaul periods at the Cavite Navy Yard, until 1936. Due to civil war and bandit activity, a division of destroyers had to be maintained in Chinese waters in addition to the regular gunboat patrols; and Smith Thompson was, on several occasions, assigned temporary duty with the Yangtze River Patrol and the South China Patrol. On 1 February 1932, she, with other units of the Asiatic Fleet, was rushed to Shanghai to protect the international settlement there after the Japanese launched an air and sea attack on the Chinese portion of the city. On this occasion, Smith Thompson remained on special patrols along the China coast until 28 May. Fate On 14 April 1936, Smith Thompson, while en route from Manila to Shanghai, was rammed amidships by Whipple (DD-217). There was no loss of life, but Smith Thompson was seriously damaged and had to be towed back to the Philippines by Barker (DD-213), arriving in Subic Bay on 17 April. Inspection showed the ship not worth repair, and Smith Thompson was decommissioned at Olongapo on 15 May, struck from the Navy list on 19 May, and sunk at sea off Subic Bay on 25 July 1936. As of 2019, no other ships have been named Smith Thompson. References External links http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/212.htm The Jerusalem News