 Retransiting the canal on 26 March, "Bridgeport" returned to Guantanamo Bay on 30 March and then headed northward, returning to Newport on 26 April.From Narragansett Bay, "Bridgeport" returned to the Boston Navy Yard for post-deployment upkeep; while moored there, the ship conducted observances that followed the death of President Warren G. Harding on 2 August.Her officers and men assembled on the boat deck, aft, and after the ship's band had played two hymns—"Lead, Kindly Light," and "Nearer, My God, to Thee"—observed a moment of silence before resuming their work.