Fate
She was ordered decommissioned instead, and was towed to the Philadelphia Navy Yard by Kalmia on 2 October 1929 and decommissioned there on 1 May 1930. Sharkey was struck from the Navy list on 22 October 1930 and sold for scrapping on 17 January 1931 to Boston Iron and Metal Company, Baltimore, Maryland.
As of 2005, no other ship has been named Sharkey.
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