Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An sake yin amfani da shi a ranar 15 ga Nuwamba, 1895, "Boston" ya shiga cikin rundunar Asiya a Yokohama, Japan a ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, 1896. Ta kasance a Gabashin Asiya tana kare bukatun Amurka na shekaru hudu masu zuwa kuma a lokacin yakin Mutanen Espanya da Amurka ya shiga cikin yakin Manila Bay a ranar 1 ga Mayu 1898 da kuma kama Manila a ranar 13 ga Agusta 1898. Daga ranar 4 ga Oktoba zuwa 23 ga Disamba, "Boston" da sauran jiragen ruwa sun tura zuwa Taku a kasar Sin don kare bukatun Amurka bayan " juyin mulki " da Empress Dowager Cixi. Bayan wannan, "Boston" ya kasance a cikin Philippines yana taimakawa wajen kwantar da hankalinsu
har zuwa 8 ga Yuni 1899.