 Frankfurt yakaona chiito chakakura neHigh Seas Fleet munguva yeHondo Yenyika I. Yakashanda zvikurukuru muNorth Sea, uye yakabatanidzwa muBombardment yeYarmouth neLowestoftuye hondo dzeJutland neHeligoland Yechipiri. PaJutland, yakakuvadzwa zvishoma nechikepe cheBritain uye vashandi vayo vakatambura kurasikirwa kuduku. Pakupera kwehondo, akaiswa mujeri pamwe chete neboka guru rengarava dzeGermany muScapa Flow. Apo boka racho rakanyudzwa muna June 1919, Frankfurt rakanga riri rimwe rengarava shomanene dzisina kunyudzwa zvinobudirira. Yakapiwa kuUnited States Navy semubairo wehondo uye pakupedzisira yakashandiswa sebhomba chinangwa mukuedzwa kwakaitwa neUnited States Navy neArmy Air Force muna July 1921. 