Returning to active service on 16 July 1906 , the ship conducted tactical exercises and routine training operations through November 1907 , apart from taking part in relief operations after the 1907 Kingston earthquake in Jamaica . On 2 December , '' Whipple '' stood out of Hampton Roads and headed south toward the Caribbean for goodwill visits — " showing the flag . " Subsequently , following in the wake of the 16 battleships of the " Great White Fleet " , '' Whipple '' and her flotilla-mates called at Rio de Janeiro ; rounded Cape Horn for ports on the Chilean and Peruvian coasts ; and conducted target practice at Magdalena Bay , Mexico . After participating in a fleet review at San Francisco on 8 May 1908 , '' Whipple '' remained on the west coast , based at San Diego , as a unit of the Pacific Torpedo Flotilla
1907 Kingston earthquake
1907 Kingston earthquake
USS Whipple (DD-15)