were carried out. These lasted until 5 March 1892, when she was placed in full commission for active service. The same day, she was assigned to the reserve squadron of the Mediterranean Squadron, the main French battle fleet, based in Toulon. In early 1893, Jean Bart visited the United States in company with the unprotected cruiser and the aviso for the international Columbian Naval Review held off New York on 27 April 1893. After returning to France, Jean Bart was rearmed with quick-firing guns between May 1893 and February 1894. During that period in 1893, Jean Bart was transferred to the active component of the Mediterranean Squadron. At that time, the unit also included several modern ironclad warships, the armored cruiser , and the protected cruisers Amiral Cécille, , , and . In 1894, she continued to operate with the squadron. She took part in annual training exercises that year to evaluate the effectiveness of the French coastal defense system. The squadron went to sea on 15 July and began the operations the next day, which lasted until 29 July; during operations on the 18th, Jean Bart collided with the torpedo boat . She was not damaged, but Grondeur suffered damage to her bow and had to return to port for repairs. The maneuvers demonstrated the usefulness of torpedo boat flotillas in coastal defense, but highlighted that France's coastal defense system in the English Channel was not yet complete. In 1895, she was transferred to the Northern Squadron, which was kept in commission for only four months per year. The unit at that time consisted of the coastal defense ship , the ironclads , , and , the armored cruiser , and the protected cruisers and . By 1896, she was reduced to the 2nd category of reserve, along with several old coastal defense ships, ironclads, and other cruisers. They were retained in a state that allowed them to be mobilized in the event of a major war. While out of service in 1897, the ship was refitted, which included replacing her military masts with lighter pole masts; the French reasoned that the smaller masts would make her less visible at a distance. The light guns that had been carried in the military masts' tops were relocated to her upper deck and superstructure. Electric search lights were installed on the pole masts. With the beginning of the unrest that led