 When active, the destroyer patrolled the West Coast waters for the next five years.At the outbreak of the war, "Smith" was in San Francisco, California, where she was attached to Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 5, performing escort duty between the west coast and Pearl Harbor until April 1942.On 7 April, "Smith" was assigned to Task Force (TF) 1, composed of Battleship Division 3, which held extensive training exercises along the West Coast until departing for Pearl Harbor on 1 June.