"Hovey" recommissioned on 20 February 1930 at San Diego, California, Commander Stuart O. Greig in command. After shakedown out of San Diego and Mare Island she served principally as training ship for reservists until 9 April 1934 when she transited the Panama Canal, arriving at New York on 31 May. After training and fleet exercises out of New England and off the Florida coast, "Hovey" returned to San Diego on 9 November. After overhaul at Mare Island, she resumed her operations along the United States West Coast with additional exercises and fleet problems in the Canal Zone and Hawaiian waters.