 In July 1920 , she was assigned the hull code of DD @-@ 52 under the US Navy 's alphanumeric classification system . In May 1921 , Nicholson was reactivated with a reduced complement . She remained active for about a year , until she was decommissioned at Philadelphia on 26 May 1922 . The ship was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 7 January 1936 , and on 30 June was sold for scrapping . 
