Kammala wannan jumla: "Connecticut" sa'an nan ya tafi Maine da Virginia Capes, don aikin yaƙi, bayan haka ya shiga Philadelphia Naval Yard don gyarawa. Bayan fiye da makonni 15, "Connecticut" ya fito ne a ranar 15 ga Janairu, 1915, kuma ya yi tafiya zuwa kudancin Cuba, inda ta gudanar da horo. A lokacin motsa jiki a watan Maris na 1915, wani sarkar ya kewaye shi a kusa da matattarar matattararsa, ya karya shaft kuma ya tilasta masa komawa Philadelphia, don gyarawa. Ta kasance a can har zuwa 31 ga Yuli, lokacin da ta shiga mutane 433 daga Runduna na biyu, Brigade na farko, na Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Amurka don sufuri zuwa Port-au-Prince, inda aka sa su a ranar 5 ga watan Agusta, a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin da aka yi a kan jirgin ruwa na Port-au-Prince.
Amurka ta mamaye Haiti. Connecticut ta ba da kayayyaki ga dakarun amphibious a Cap-Haïtien, a ranar 5 ga Satumba kuma ta kasance kusa da Haiti, na 'yan watanni masu zuwa, tana tallafawa ƙungiyoyin sauka a bakin teku, gami da ƙungiyoyin sojan ruwa da ma'aikatan ruwa daga "Connecticut" a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Manjo Smedley Butler. Bayan barin Haiti, "Connecticut" ya isa Philadelphia, a ranar 15 ga Disamba, kuma an sanya shi cikin Atlantic Reserve Fleet.