 Bunce akaronga kutevera izvi neCaribbean cruise ne squadron yose kubva musi wa 21 Zvita 1895 kusvika 12 Chivabvu 1896, ichishanda pamwe chete panguva yese yekufamba uye kushanyira zviteshi zvakasimba se squadron, pasina kutsausa ngarava dzega dzega kune mamwe mabasa; iyi ingadai yakave nguva yekutanga squadron yese yaita rwendo rwakadai pamwe chete. Zvisinei, kutanga kweHondo yeCuba yeRusunungukomuCuba ipapo chikamu cheSpanish Empire uye Kutya kweDhipatimendi reNavy kuti kutumirwa kwakadaro kwaizowedzera kunetsana neSpain kwakatungamira kuDhipatimendi reNavy kudzima zvirongwa izvi, uye squadron yakaramba iri paHampton Roads. Bunce akaramba achidzidzisa squadron mugungwa reVirginia, uye zvishoma nezvishoma akatumira ngarava dzake kunzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzezvikepe zvehondo kuti dzigadziridzwe munguva yechando uye muchirimo cha1896 kuitira kuti vagare vakagadzirira chero basa rinopesana neSpain. Pakazosvika Nyamavhuvhu 1896, ngarava dzakakwana dzakanga dzadzokera kuchikwata uye ngarava dzakakwana dzichangobva kupihwa basa dzakanga dzasangana nenguva yekurongwa kwekupedzisira-zhizha maitiro ekudzidzira ayo The New York Times akaidana kuti iyo huru ngarava yakambounganidzwa neDhipatimendi reNavy yekuraira mune zvikepe zvengarava mugungwa. Munguva yekushanya kwenzanga nedhipatimendi kuNew York City muna Nyamavhuvhu 1896, squadron yakaita maekisesaizi akawandisa uye akaomarara mugungwa, uye kutanga kwaGunyana 1896 pasi pekutungamira kwaBunce North Atlantic Squadron ngarava dzehondo,,, uye dzakashanda pamwe chete mumutsara uye mumutsara panguva yekufamba kubva kuNew York City kuenda kuFishers Island, New York, kekutanga munhoroondo kuti chikamu cheUS Navy ngarava dzehondo dzakashanda pamwechete sechikwata chehunyanzvi. 