"Boston" yakadzorerwa basa musi wa15 Mbudzi 1895, ikabatana neAsia Squadron paYokohama, Japan musi wa25 Kukadzi 1896. Akaramba ari kuEast Asia achidzivirira zvido zveAmerica kwemakore mana akatevera uye panguva yeHondo yeSpain neAmerica akabatanidzwa muhondo yeManila Bay musi wa 1 May 1898 uye kubatwa kweManila musi wa 13 August 1898. Kubva musi wa4 Gumiguru kusvika musi wa23 Zvita, "Boston" nedzimwe ngarava dzakaendeswa kuTaku muChina kunodzivirira zvido zveAmerica zvichitevera "kuputsa hurumende" kwakaitwa naMambokadzi Chirikadzi Cixi. Pashure paikoku, "Boston" yakaramba iri muPhilippines ichibetsera mukunyaradza kwavo
kusvikira pana 8 June 1899.