Inter-war Service
Yukon served briefly as a unit of the Train, Pacific Fleet; however, on 14 April 1922, she was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She remained there until late 1939, when she was moved to New York for a partial conversion and preparations for her return to active service. Yukon was recommissioned at Brooklyn, New York on 19 January 1940, Cdr. Mays L. Lewis in command.
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