 From 13 December 1909 to 27 March 1910 , Yorktown operated off Corinto , Nicaragua , with the Nicaraguan Expeditionary Squadron . She then pursued a schedule of exercises and maneuvers , operating between California and British Columbia through June and July . She returned to a posture of readiness off Corinto and San Juan del Sur between 13 August and 7 September . She then operated off Ecuadorian , Colombian , and Peruvian ports , with the United States Consul General at Large embarked , between 19 September and 16 October before putting into Panama for coal and stores . She subsequently patrolled at Amapala , Honduras , and the familiar Corinto for most of November and December . She spent Christmas at Corinto before shifting to Amapala , en route to San Francisco and Mare Island . From March to July 1911 , Yorktown cruised off the west coasts of Mexico , Nicaragua , and Honduras . On 29 May , she rescued the survivors from the foundered Panamanian steamer Taboga , which had sunk with the loss of 60 of its 100 passengers and crew . Another period of repairs and upkeep in the late summer of 1911 proceeded the ship 's duties off the Pacific coasts of South and Central America . She returned to Mare Island in May 1912 , and was decommissioned there for alterations on 15 July . 
