 On 22 June 1912 , Connecticut departed Mexican waters for Philadelphia , where she was dry docked for three months of repairs . Upon their completion , Connecticut conducted gunnery practice off the Virginia Capes . On 23 October , Connecticut became the flagship of the Fourth Battleship Division . After the division passed in review before Secretary of the Navy George von Lengerke Meyer on the 25th , Connecticut left for Genoa , Italy , where she remained until 30 November . The battleship departed Italy for Vera Cruz and arrived on 23 December . She took refugees from Mexico to Galveston and carried officers of the Army and representative from the Red Cross back in the opposite direction . 
