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On [[27 May]], ''Sigourney'' sailed from the [[United States]] escorting a troopship to [[France]]. On arrival at [[Brest]], she was assigned to Commander Naval Forces, France; and, for the remainder of World War I, she escorted convoys through the submarine danger zone extending approximately 500 miles west of Brest. During most of her convoys, ''Sigourney'' was the [[flagship]] of the screen commander but did not herself have any confirmed submarine contacts.
After the [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)|armistice]] on [[11 November]], she performed miscellaneous duties in [[Europe]]an waters, including service in early December as flagship of the four-destroyer screen that escorted [[USS George Washington (1908)|USS ''George Washington'']] on the middle part of that transport's voyage to carry President [[Woodrow Wilson]] from the United States to France for the [[Versailles Peace Conference]]. ''Sigourney'' sailed from Brest for the United States on [[26 December]] 1918 and arrived at [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] on [[8 January]] [[1919]]. After overhaul at Boston and summer training at [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], ''Sigourney'' was placed in reserve status at [[Philadelphia]] on [[1 November]] 1919 and decommissioned there on [[26 June]] [[1922]].
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