 All six members of the class served in the Atlantic throughout their U.S. Navy careers , and all were sent overseas to Queenstown , Ireland , for convoy escort and anti @-@ submarine duties after the United States entered World War I in April 1917 . Conyngham , Porter , Wadsworth , and Wainwright were in the first group of six American destroyers , arriving at Queenstown on 4 May ; Tucker and Jacob Jones followed as part of the second group , which arrived thirteen days later . Several of the ships had encounters with U @-@ boats during the war : Conyngham 's commander was commended for what was thought a probable " kill " of one U @-@ boat ; Jacob Jones was sunk by U @-@ 53 in December 1917 . All surviving ships of the class had returned to the United States by early 1919 and served in various roles over the next two years . Tucker was decommissioned in May 1921 , followed by Wainwright in May 1922 , and the remaining three in June 1922 . 
