From 1918 to 1922, "Chew" operated along the East Coast of the United States on patrol and training duties, including escorting a transatlantic voyage of Curtiss NC seaplanes. In 1940, she was recommissioned and operated out of Pearl Harbor. During the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, she brought her guns to bear against aircraft of the Empire of Japan, and two of her men were killed helping to man the battleship . For the remainder of the war, "Chew" operated out of the port on escort and patrol duties, until she was decommissioned in 1945.