"Wilmington" remained incapacitated at the basin until 18 January 1900, when she was moved to Ensenada, Argentina. Eleven days later, the cruiser passed a towline to the gunboat, and the two ships set out for Montevideo. On 9 February, steamship "Corunda" arrived with new shafts from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Subsequently, the gunboat returned to Buenos Aires, under tow from the cruiser , and entered drydock on 3 March 1900, nearly six months after having first been crippled by the damaged propeller shaft.