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The destroyer became a unit of the 5th Group, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet and conducted operations along the Atlantic coast and in the West Indies--including a month's duty in Mexican waters, from 22 April to 27 May 1914, during the American occupation of Veracruz after the Tampico incident--until placed in reserve on 13 December 1915. On 5 January 1916, she was brought back to active duty with an under-strength crew and began neutrality patrol duty in a reduced commission status. On 22 March 1917, two weeks and a day before the United States entered World War I, the warship was returned to full commission and assigned to the Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Force.

The destroyer became a unit of the 5th Group, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet and conducted operations along the Atlantic coast and in the West Indies—including a month's duty in Mexican waters, from 22 April to 27 May 1914, during the American occupation of Veracruz after the Tampico incident—until placed in reserve on 13 December 1915. On 5 January 1916, she was brought back to active duty with an under-strength crew and began neutrality patrol duty in a reduced commission status. On 22 March 1917, two weeks and a day before the United States entered World War I, the warship was returned to full commission and assigned to the Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Force.

The destroyer continued convoy escort and antisubmarine patrol missions out of Queenstown through the end of World War I and returned to the United States in December of 1918 for duty along the Atlantic coast. She was decommissioned on 25 October 1919 and placed in reserve at Philadelphia. Reactivated in 1924, she was transferred to the Coast Guard on 28 April 1924 and spent six years and six months on the so called "Rum Patrol" trying to prevent smugglers from bringing alcoholic beverages into the United States. Beale was returned to the Navy on 18 October 1930 and was laid up again at Philadelphia with the Reserve Fleet. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 5 July 1934, and she was sold on 22 August 1934 for scrapping.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b4-list.htm]</ref>

The destroyer continued convoy escort and antisubmarine patrol missions out of Queenstown through the end of World War I and returned to the United States in December 1918 for duty along the Atlantic coast. She was decommissioned on 25 October 1919 and placed in reserve at Philadelphia. Reactivated in 1924, she was transferred to the Coast Guard on 28 April 1924 and spent six years and six months on the so called "Rum Patrol" trying to prevent smugglers from bringing alcoholic beverages into the United States. Beale was returned to the Navy on 18 October 1930 and was laid up again at Philadelphia with the Reserve Fleet. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 5 July 1934, and she was sold on 22 August 1934 for scrapping.<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b4-list.htm Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]</ref>

See also [[Beale-II]].

See also [[Beale-II]].