<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: South Carolina yayiphindele eNorfolk ngoDisemba 20, lapho yahlala khona kwaze kwaba ngoJanuwari 6, 1913. Wabe esephindela eningizimu, kulokhu eya eColón, ePanama, lapho kungena khona iPanama Canal esanda kuqedwa. Umkhumbi wabe usuthatha ingxenye ekuzivivinyeni eGuantánamo Bay ngaphambi kokubuyela eNorfolk ngoMashi 22. Kwabe sekulandela olunye uhambo oluya ogwini olusempumalanga ye-United States, futhi lwahlanganisa nokuma eNew York kusukela ngomhlaka 28 kuya ku-31 Meyi, lapho kwakunikezelwe khona i-USS Maine National Monument. Lo mkhumbi waqeqeshela ama-midshipmen e-US Naval Academy ngoJuni ngaphambi kokuba uhambe ekupheleni kwenyanga eya eMexico. Lapho, waya eTampico naseVeracruz ukuze avikele izintshisekelo zaseMelika ngesikhathi se  <response>: Impi Yombango YaseMexico. Wabuyela eNorfolk ukuze alungiswe kabusha ngo-September okwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngo-January 1914. 