On 15 April 1926, "Thompson" steamed with the Fleet from San Francisco for fleet problems in Hawaiian waters. Upon completion of this training on 1 July she departed Pearl Harbor with the Fleet, bound for a goodwill cruise to Australia and New Zealand. After calling at Pago Pago, Samoa, on 10 and 11 July, she arrived in Melbourne on 23 July. In company with sister ships , , and , "Thompson" left Melbourne on 6 August and made port at Dunedin, New Zealand, four days later.