Service History
McKean served in the Atlantic from 1919 to 1922, made a cruise to European waters between May and July 1919, operated primarily out of New York and Charleston, and decommissioned at Philadelphia 19 June 1922. Reclassified as a High Speed Transport, APD-5 on 2 August 1940, she recommissioned at Norfolk 11 December 1940, Lieutenant Commander Thomas Burrows in command, and resumed duty with the fleet.
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