Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 28 ga Mayu, 1900, "Buford" ya shiga tashar jiragen ruwa na Kamfanin Newport News Ship-Building don babban gyara a matsayin jirgin ruwa na soja don aiki tsakanin Amurka da Philippines
Ka yi haƙuri. 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.