 She put into Hawaii, where she was interned by the US Navy.After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, she was seized and commissioned into American service as USS "Schurz", though she was accidentally sunk in a collision in June 1918. , employed as a mine storage hulk in Wilhelmshaven during the war, was destroyed by an accidental explosion in 1917. , , , and "Gefion" were used in a variety of secondary roles during the war, including as floating barracks, training cruisers, and target ships.The first three ships were all broken up for scrap in the early 1920s, while "Gefion" was briefly used as a freighter, before she too was scrapped, in 1923.