 On 21 November, "Marietta" cleared Portsmouth, sailing via New York for another tour of duty in the Caribbean.Arriving Colón, Colombia on the 23rd, she spent the next year and five months cruising on this station, protecting American interests in Colombia, Haiti, Jamaica, Venezuela, Trinidad, Curaçao, and Honduras, in addition to carrying mail for American legation officials.She completed her duty 10 April 1903, and sailed for home, returning to Boston 16 days later.