Ostfriesland was surrendered to the Allies following World War I and commissioned into the United States Navy on April 7, 1920, at Rosyth, Scotland[?], with Captain J.F. Hellweg in command.
Though in need of repairs, the ship managed to sail to New York where she decommissioned September 20, 1920. Ostfriesland, with several other ex-German warships, became targets for a demonstration of air power. Bombed by Army planes from Langley Field[?] in Virginia, she was sunk on July 21, 1921, about 60 miles off the Viriginia Capes[?].
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