In April 1899, the Montgomery transferred to the South Atlantic Squadron and operated along the Atlantic coast of South America. In July 1900, she was import to Uruguay with Commander John Merrill as her commanding officer.
Decommissioned at New York City 15 September 1900 and recommissioned 15 May 1902 and assigned to the Caribbean Division, North Atlantic Squadron and operated in the West Indies until decommissioned again at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 September 1904.
The Montgomery was recommissioned yet again 2 January 1908 and operated in the Fifth Naval District as a torpedo experimental ship. From 1914 to 1918, she was with the Maryland Naval Militia. Renamed the Anniston 14 March 1918, she was assigned to Division 2, American Patrol Detachment, for patrol and escort duty along the Atlantic coast and the Caribbean.
Decommissioned at Charleston, South Carolina, for a last time on 16 May 1918, the Anniston was struck from the Navy List 25 August 1919 and sold 14 November 1919.
--Cooter
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