She conducted another neutrality patrol between 2 and 11 September.

She conducted her first neutrality patrol on 4-9 October.

She was fitted out for sea and soon sailed to join the Neutrality Patrol.

In spite of its name the Neutrality Patrol was clearly favoring the British side.

Following her commissioning, Wichita was assigned to neutrality patrols in the Atlantic.

There she continued Neutrality Patrol duty and engaged in antisubmarine training off California.

By mid-1940, she was back in the Atlantic escorting convoys and conducting neutrality patrols along the eastern seaboard.

Clandestine support of Britain (for example the Neutrality Patrol) was replaced by active alliance.

Benson stood out of New York harbor on 18 November to begin the neutrality patrols that constituted her main concern well into the following spring.

During the remainder of 1941, Brooklyn engaged in convoy escort and Neutrality Patrol.