 She returned to Norfolk on Washington's Birthday in 1909 and, after serving the Atlantic Fleet through the spring, was placed out of service at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in June.Laid up until 30 April 1910, he put in over two more years supporting the Atlantic Fleet along the coast and in the Caribbean Sea before she was ordered to the Orient for the last time.In December 1912, she took on a cargo of coal at Hampton Roads and loaded the submarines and on her decks before sailing via the North Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez Canal, and the Indian Ocean to the Philippine Islands.