Great Quake of 1906 struck. She was taken from the pier into the bay to avoid the resultant fire and was one of three transports - Buford, Crook and Warren - used in the harbor as temporary storehouses for the supplies coming into the stricken city by sea in the weeks following the disaster.Annual Reports of the War Department, Vol I, 1906: "EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA" - Special Report of Maj. Gen. Adolphus W. Greely, Commanding the Pacific Division, p.114, accessed January 1, 2010Annual Reports of the War Department, Vol I, 1906: "REPORTS OF SUBORDINATE OFFICERS - Reports of Maj. Carroll A. Devol, Quartermaster, U. S. A." p. 186-7, accessed January 1, 2010
