reached Brest on the 9th and soon thereafter began escorting coastal convoys and hunting for enemy U-boats. During the remaining nine months of World War I, Worden maintained a grueling schedule escorting convoys between ports on the French coast. Inter-war period On 18 December, about five weeks after the 11 November armistice, she stood out of Brest in company with , Stewart, and to return home. Following refueling and provisioning stops in the Azores and at Bermuda, she and her traveling companions arrived at Philadelphia on 3 January 1919. She remained in commission for a little over six months, probably at Philadelphia. In any event, Worden was placed out of commission there on 13 July, and her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 September. In 1920, on the first anniversary of her return home, 3 January, she was sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company of Philadelphia for conversion to mercantile service. Noteworthy commanding officers Ensign William R. Munroe (1912-Unknown) (Later Vice admiral) Lieutenant commander Oscar C. Badger II (August 1918-October 1918) (Later Admiral) References Bibliography External links Truxtun-class destroyers World War I destroyers of the United States Ships built in Sparrows Point, Maryland 1901 ships