Kammala wannan jumla: An sauya "Active" zuwa Bremerton Navy Yard a Bremerton, Wash., a watan Agusta 1898 kuma ya yi aiki a can a matsayin tashar jiragen ruwa har sai ya koma Mare Island a 1899 don fara aiki mai tsawo. A ranar 18 ga Afrilu, 1906, wani
girgizar kasa ta kusan rushe garin San Francisco, kuma gobara ta tashi bayan ta. Tun da yake hukumar kashe gobara ta gari ba ta da taimako, rundunar sojan ruwa ta ba da taimako. "Active" sojan ruwa da kuma nan da nan sa tare da Pier 8, wasa fitar da dama tiyo Lines ya yi yaƙi da mafi kusa na blaze. A ragowar mako, ma'aikatan "Active", jirgin ruwa mai suna "Perry", da kuma wuta mai suna "Lexlie" sun kashe gobara kuma sun yi tsaro da kuma kula da yankunan da suke aiki. "Active" daga baya ya taimaka wajen ceton tashar jiragen ruwa na Pacific Mail da kuma wannan ɓangaren na San Francisco. A ranar 21 ga Afrilu, "Active" ya tashi zuwa Mare Island don dawo da ma'aikatan kashe gobara daga ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa "Chicago" da "Marblehead".