Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "South Carolina" yakatevera kutora chikamu mukudzokororwa kwechikepe muna 1911 muNew York, mwedzi yakati wandei isati yaenda kuzviteshi zvengarava kumahombekombe ekumabvazuva nekugamuchira squadron yechikepe cheGerman yaishanyira kusanganisira iyo yekurwisa uye maviri akareruka cruisers. Pashure pokugadziridza kwemwedzi mitatu muNorfolk, "South Carolina" yakabatana ne"Michigan" parwendo rwokuenda kuPensacola, New Orleans, Galveston, uye Veracruz muMexico, sechikamu cheSpecial Service Squadron. "South Carolina" gare gare yakashanyira Colón, Panama, muna January 1913. Ngarava dzose dziri mbiri dzakapfuurira nebasa radzo rapakuvamba rokushanyira zviteshi zvengarava dzokumhenderekedzo yokumabvazuva kusati kwaitika nyongano muMexico neCaribbean zvakaita kuti hurumende yeAmerica ivarayire kuti vabve. "South Carolina" yakasvitsa varwi veMarines kuHaiti musi wa 28 January kuti vadzivirire nhume dzeAmerica ikoko. Vakadzokera kuchikepe apo Oreste Zamor akatora simba, asi kusagadzikana kwakapfuurira gare gare kwakatungamirira United States
kupamba Haiti. "South Carolina" ipapo yakabatana ne"Michigan" paVeracruz apo United States yakatora guta iroro.