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===North Atlantic Fleet, 1902–1906=== ''Newark'' recommissioned on 3 November 1902, Commander [[Richard Wainwright (Spanish–American War naval officer)|Richard Wainwright]] in command and sailed on 14 December for duty in southern waters. For the next two years she operated in the West Indies and off the coast of South America as part of the North Atlantic Fleet. Returning to Norfolk briefly on 27 October 1904 to 9 January 1905, she resumed her duties in the West Indies for the first six months of the year and then in June, following exercises off Virginia, was assigned as a training ship to the [[United States Naval Academy]]. Placed in reserve at [[Annapolis]] on 15 September, she was restored to full duty on 3 May 1906 for her second east coast training cruise. On 4 August 1906 one of her launches was sunk in a collision with the tug ''T. A. Scott, Jr.'' at [[New London, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9k&view=1up&seq=321 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1907 |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> Following this duty, she put into Norfolk on 13 September where she embarked a Marine detachment and sailed for Cuba on the 17th. The veteran cruiser returned home on 19 October and decommissioned at [[New York Navy Yard]] on 9 November.<ref name=DANFS />
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