Kammala wannan jumla: "South Carolina" ya koma Norfolk a ranar 20 ga Disamba, inda ya kasance har zuwa ranar 6 ga Janairu, 1913. Sai ta sake tafiya zuwa kudu, wannan lokacin zuwa Colón, Panama, a ƙofar Canal na Panama da aka kammala ba da daɗewa ba. Daga nan sai jirgin ya shiga cikin motsa jiki a Guantánamo Bay kafin ya koma Norfolk a ranar 22 ga Maris. Wani jirgin ruwa a gabar gabashin Amurka ya biyo baya, kuma ya hada da tsayawa a New York daga 28 zuwa 31 ga Mayu, inda aka sadaukar da USS Maine National Monument. Jirgin ya horar da 'yan jarida daga Kwalejin Naval na Amurka a watan Yuni kafin ya tashi a karshen watan zuwa Mexico. A can, ta yi tafiya daga Tampico da Veracruz don kare bukatun Amurka a lokacin yakin basasa na Amurka.
Yaƙin basasa na Mexico. Ta koma Norfolk don gyare-gyare a watan Satumba wanda ya kasance har zuwa Janairu 1914.