reached Panama on 24 July, transited the Panama Canal, and headed for maneuvers in the Hawaiian Islands. At the completion of those maneuvers, she returned to the continental United States at San Diego. On 31 May 1920, the destroyer was placed out of commission at the Mare Island Navy Yard – probably for an extensive overhaul because she was recommissioned again on 20 October. For the remainder of her relatively brief career, Woolsey operated with the Pacific Fleet along the western coast of North America. While operating off the Pacific coast of Panama near Coiba Island early on the morning of 26 February 1921, Woolsey was cut in half during a collision with the merchant ship SS Steel Inventor and sank. There were 100 survivors, 17 injured, and 16 killed. Only one body was recovered. Survivors were rescued by her sister ship, . References Notes External links Photos NavSource Photos Wickes-class destroyers Ships sunk in collisions Shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean Maritime incidents in 1921 Ships built in Bath, Maine 1918 ships Woolsey family