Departing Pearl Harbor on 3 November, they reached Cavite, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 1 December.

S-7 remained in the Philippines over the next three years except for annual spring visits to Shanghai, Yantai, Qinhuangdao, Amoy, Qingdao, and Wusong, China.

She finally departed Cavite on 29 October 1924 for Mare Island, California, arriving there on 30 December.

Departing New London on 22 October, S-7 was decommissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 3 April 1931, and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 25 January 1937.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.