 Chikepe chacho chakatangazve kushanda musi wa16 March 1914 kuti chiite basa rokudzidzisa, uye musi wa9 May chakaenda kuAnnapolis, Maryland. Akatora boka revashandi vechikepe kubva kuUS Naval Academy kuti vaende kunodzidziswa kwakatanga musi wa7 Chikumi. Idaho akabatana nengarava yehondo nokuda kworwendo rweMediterranean. Pavakanga vachiri kunze kwenyika, hurumende yeGreece yakanga ichikurukurirana nezvokutengeswa kwechikepe chacho. Greece yakanga yapinda mumakwikwi emauto ehondo neOttoman Empire mukutanga kwema1910; muna 1910 maOttoman akanga atenga maviri echiGerman pre-dreadnoughts akatumidzwa uye uye akarayira ngarava dzehondo dzehondo kubva kuBritain muna 1911 na1914. The Royal Hellenic Navy akarayira dreadnought kubva kuGermany muna 1913 uye dreadnought kubva kuFrance mukupindura. Senzira yokugumisa, vaGiriki vakatenga Mississippi neIdaho kuU.S. Navy. Hurumende yeGreece yakatenga ngarava idzi kuburikidza nemumiririri, Fred Gauntlett, uyo akazvitenga musi wa8 Chikunguru ndokuzvipa kuGreece. Munguvayi, Idaho neMissouri zvakamira pazviteshi zvinoverengeka munharaunda yacho: Tangier, Morocco; Gibraltar; uye Naples, Italy. Mushure mokunge kutengeswa kwapera, Idaho yakasiya Missouri ndokuenda kuVillefranche-sur-Mer, France musi wa17 Chikunguru, kwaakaendesa vashandi vake vose kunhumbi yehondo Maine. The Greek Navy pamutemo akatora nhaka chikepe musi waJuly 30 uye akatumidza naye Lemnos pashure Hondo Lemnosmuhondo yokutanga yeBalkan. 