While anchored in the San Diego harbor, California, USA on 28 March 1934
Berlin, 27 October. The newly built cruiser Karlsruhe left Sunday the yard at Kiel and steamed through the North-Baltic channel towards Wilhelmshaven for her armament. Coming Monday (28 October) was she to be transferred to the navy after competing her trial.(1)
Note
1. A light cruiser laid down at the yard of the Deutsche Werke at Kiel, Germany on 27 July 1926, launched on 20 August 1927, commissioned of 6 November 1929, torpedoed by the British submarine HM Truant off Kristiansand disabling her propulsion causing her crew to leave her and she was sunk by torpedoes fired by the German torpedo boat Greif on 9 April 1940.
