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''Baltimore'' remained in the Philippines on the [[Asiatic Station]] as the Spanish–American War transitioned into the [[Philippine–American War]], [[convoy]]ing [[transport]]s and protecting American interests until 23 May 1900, when she sailed for the United States, via the [[Suez Canal]], arriving at New York on 8 September. In one instance, just before the outbreak of the Philippine–American War, the ''Baltimore'' sailed for [[Iloilo City]] accompanying troops whose mission was to occupy the city before General [[Martín Teófilo Delgado|Martin Delgado]]'s forces, loosely part of [[Emilio Aquinaldo]]'s [[Philippine Revolutionary Army]], could do so.<ref name=Linn>Linn, pp. 37-41</ref> When the American forces arrived, General Delgado already occupied the city in the name of the [[Federal State of the Visayas]].<ref name=Linn /> After several weeks of a tense but peaceful stand-off, American troops and ships, including the ''Baltimore'' withdrew to Manila without landing on either [[Panay]] or [[Guimaras]] islands.<ref name=Linn />
On August 8, 1890, Captain [[Joseph Henderson (pilot) | Captain Joseph Henderson]] piloted the ''Baltimore'' safely out to sea. He said that "she was the first government vessel in seven years to take a [[Sandy Hook]] pilot." She went down the [[New York Bay]] at the rate of {{convert|13|kn|lk=in}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201890%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201890%2520-%25203961.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D2d4b888d%26DocId%3D3838304%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3D1b%2B1c%2B1d%2B1e%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201890%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201890%2520-%25203961.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D2d4b888d%26DocId%3D3838304%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3D1b%2B1c%2B1d%2B1e%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false|title=Homeward Borne Like A Viking. Captain John Ericsson's Body Begins Its Journey to the Land of His Birth.|work=New York Hearld|date=1890-08-24| access-date=2021-10-24|language=en-US}}</ref>
===Pre-World War I===
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