Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 28 ga Mayu, 1900, "Buford" ya shiga tashar jiragen ruwa na Kamfanin Newport News Ship-Building Company don babban gyare-gyare a matsayin dakarun dakarun da ke aiki tsakanin Amurka da Amurka.
Ƙasar Filifin. An cire biyu daga cikin jirgi huɗu na asali; an maye gurbin sauran biyu da dogon masts. Yayin da ake canzawa, "Buford" zai rasa lokacin mafi girma na Boxer Rebellion. Da zarar ya dawo cikin sabis a watan Nuwamba na wannan shekarar, "Buford" ya fara aiki na yau da kullun a kan Pacific daga San Francisco zuwa Honolulu da Guam da ke ƙarewa a Manila, kuma ya dawo ta hanyar Nagasaki da Honolulu.