On 18 June 1917, "Sampson" rescued two small boat loads of survivors of the and the captain and 13 sailors from . The next morning, she picked up another 17 survivors of "Elele"; and, on the 20th, she landed all at Queenstown. "Sampson" answered other distress calls before the end of the war, and she made several attacks to drive off submarines reported or seen near her convoys. She steamed from France with the Queenstown division of destroyers on 29 November 1918 and stood out from Brest Harbor on 12 December to escort President Woodrow Wilson on board into the harbor. Returning to Queenstown on 14 December, she sailed for home on the 26th and arrived at the New York Navy Yard on 7 January 1919.