Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Lawrence" akaiswazve basa musi wa13 June 1932, Lt. Cmdr. T. E. Downey achitungamirira, uye akabva kuPhiladelphia musi wa15 August kunobatana nePacific Fleet. Kubva paakasvika San Diego, California 8 September kusvikira 1938, iye kushanda nguva dzose pamwe Pacific muparadzi squadrons, kuita zvikepe tactical uye inokosha kurovedza pamwe pamhenderekedzo uye zvikepe matambudziko kure Panama Canal Zone.
uye Hawaii. Yakadzingwa basa paSan Diego 13 September 1938.