sentences:  She served in the force which accompanied the United States Armys troop transports to Cuba, and remained in the Caribbean through the close of the war in August 1898.In December 1898, "Castine" sailed from Boston, Massachusetts, for the Suez Canal on her way to East Asia.Upon her arrival in the Philippine Islands, she began duty in coordination with the U.S. Army to combat Philippine insurgent forces during the Philippine–American War.