After shakedown off the coast of Florida and in the Caribbean, "Hovey" sailed from Newport, Rhode Island 19 December 1919 in company with for the Azores and Brest, France, for duty as station ship. She sailed from Dalmatia, Italy on 10 July 1920 for the Adriatic Sea to deliver important papers and claims. Arriving Constantinople on 12 July she later visited various Russian ports as station ship until 17 December when she sailed for Port Said, Egypt, and duty with the Asiatic Fleet in the Philippines. "Hovey" remained on the Asiatic station until she returned to San Francisco, California 2 October 1922, decommissioning at San Diego on 1 February 1923.