sentences:  She called at the Azores and Gibraltar, passed through the Suez Canal, visited Zanzibar and Mozambique, and rounded the Cape of Good Hope before arriving on station at Pernambuco, Brazil, on 13 October 1895.She cruised in South American and West Indian waters – save for an overhaul period in Norfolk, Virginia – until March 1898.As American relations with Spain deteriorated just prior to the April 1898 outbreak of the Spanish–American War, "Castine" was called north in March 1898 to take her place on the blockade surrounding Cuba.