Upon returning to the United States near the end of 1918, "Tucker" underwent repairs at the Boston Navy Yard. After a New England recruiting tour through October 1919, she was placed in reduced commission and then decommissioned in May 1921. In March 1926, "Tucker" was transferred to the United States Coast Guard to help enforce Prohibition as a part of the "Rum Patrol". She operated under the name USCGC "Tucker" (CG-23) until 1933; during her Coast Guard service, she was the first American ship to arrive at the crash site of Navy airship . After her transfer back to the Navy later in 1933, the ship was renamed "DD-57" to free the name "Tucker" for another destroyer. She was sold for scrap and hulked in December 1936.