 After Nicholson 's April 1915 commissioning , she sailed off the east coast and in the Caribbean . After the United States entered World War I in April 1917 , Nicholson was sent overseas to patrol the Irish Sea out of Queenstown , Ireland . In October 1917 , Nicholson steamed to the rescue of SS J. L. Luckenbach , driving off German submarine U @-@ 62 , which had shelled the American cargo ship for over three hours . In November , Nicholson and another U.S. destroyer , Fanning , were responsible for sinking German submarine U @-@ 58 , the first submarine taken by U.S. forces during the war . In September 1918 , Nicholson helped drive off U @-@ 82 after that U @-@ boat had torpedoed the American troopship Mount Vernon off the coast of France . 
 After Nicholson <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>April 1915 commissioning , she sailed off the east coast and in the Caribbean . After the United States entered World War I in April 1917 , Nicholson was sent overseas to patrol the Irish Sea out of Queenstown , Ireland . In October 1917 , Nicholson steamed to the rescue of SS J. L. Luckenbach , driving off German submarine U @-@ 62 , which <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> shelled the American cargo ship for over three hours . In November , Nicholson and another U.S. destroyer , Fanning , <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> responsible for sinking German submarine U @-@ 58 , the first submarine taken by U.S. forces during the war . In September 1918 , Nicholson<a href='been_done' title='4'><mark></mark></a> helped drive off U @-@ 82 after that U @-@ boat <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>had</mark></a> torpedoed the American troopship Mount Vernon off the coast of France . 
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