Corinto, Nicaragua
The protected cruisers , , and collier lay in the harbor at Bluefields, Nicaragua, on the Atlantic coast with en route for Colón, Panama, with 700 Marines. On December 12, 1909, "Albany" with 280 bluejackets and the gunboat with 155, arrived at Corinto, Nicaragua, to join the gunboat with her crew of 155 allegedly to protect American citizens and property on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.