Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Jirgin ya yi tafiya a gabashin gabas don mafi yawan shekaru biyu masu zuwa. A ranar 15 ga Nuwamba, 1912, ta tashi don tafiya mai tsawo zuwa Gulf of Mexico, tare da tsayawa a Pensacola, Florida, New Orleans, Louisiana, da Galveston, Texas, a hanya. Daga nan sai ta ci gaba da kudu zuwa Veracruz, Mexico, inda ta isa ranar 12 ga Disamba. "Michigan" ya kasance a can har kwana biyu kafin ya fara tafiya gida; ta isa Hampton Roads a ranar 20 ga Disamba. An sake dawowa a gabar gabashin gabas don farkon rabin 1913. A ranar 6 ga watan Yuli, ta tashi daga Quincy, Massachusetts, don wani tafiya zuwa ruwan Mexico; wannan tafiya ta haifar da yakin basasa na Mexico
, wanda ya yi barazana ga bukatun Amurka a kasar. Ta isa Tampico a ranar 15 ga Yuli kuma daga baya ta yi tafiya a gabar tekun Mexico har zuwa ranar 13 ga Janairu, 1914, lokacin da ta tashi zuwa Birnin New York, inda ta isa kwana bakwai bayan haka. Daga nan sai ta koma Norfolk.