Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan kammala bukukuwan, "Ohio" ya ci gaba zuwa New York, inda ta kasance a cikin shekaru hudu masu zuwa. An yi amfani da wannan lokacin don gudanar da horo na zaman lafiya tare da rundunar jiragen ruwa da kuma taimakawa wajen horar da 'yan bindigar New York Naval. A shekara ta 1914, yanayin da ke taɓarɓarewa a lokacin Yaƙin Basasa na Mexico
ya sa Amurka ta fara shiga tsakani a rikicin. An aika da "Ohio" zuwa ruwan Mexico a farkon wannan shekarar don kare bukatun Amurka a kasar. A tsakiyar shekara ta 1914, ta koma gabar gabashin Amurka don gudanar da horar da jiragen ruwa don 'yan jarida daga Kwalejin Naval na Amurka. Bayan kammala jirgin ruwa, "Ohio" an canja shi zuwa Rundunar Tsaro da ke Philadelphia. Ta koma aiki ne kawai don gudanar da ƙarin jiragen ruwa na jiragen ruwa a cikin bazara na 1915 da 1916.