handling the stolen goods. The stolen items included a jewel box from Rochambeau insured for $4,000, and items from passengers aboard Chicago and Espagne. From February 1915 Germany had waged unrestricted submarine warfare against Entente merchant ships. Therefore by March 1917 Rochambeaus armament was increased to two guns. As well as the usual gun on her poop deck she had a gun on her forecastle. The latter breached the USA's rule, but the State Department allowed her to continue to use the Port of New York. On 29 April 1917 Rochambeaus gunners opened fire on a "suspicious object" astern, and then off her starboard beam at a range of about 800 yards. About 12 shots were fired, but it was misty and it was not clear whether the object was a submarine or a whale. Post war service In 1919 after the First World War Rochambeau brought service personnel home to the USA. On one crossing in January she repatriated 883 men of the 337th and 339th field artillery, 88th Infantry Division and medical units. On another in September she brought home 245 Czech Americans and Slovak Americans who had served in the Czechoslovak Legion in France. Lafayetttes westbound crossing in January 1919 was marred by engine trouble three days out of Bordeaux, which reduced her speed to . She then stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia for four days for bunkering. She reached New York 17 days after leaving Bordeaux. The ship carried 554 civilian passengers on the voyage as well as 883 US troops, and her Master imposed rationing to ensure her supply of food lasted for the prolonged voyage. Rochambeau last sailed from Bordeaux in January 1919 and reverted to Le Havre in February. Also in 1919 her first and second class accommodation was refitted as 475 berths for "cabin class", a new concept that the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company had pioneered in the First World War. On 15 August 1924 Rochambeau suffered a broken crankshaft en route from Le Havre to New York. She continued under her own power at reduced speed. On the morning of 21 February 1925 Rochambeau collided with the Anchor Line liner in New York Harbour, damaging both ships above the waterline. The two ships were at anchor, and as they swung with the turn of the tide Rochambeaus stern struck Tuscanias bow. Damage to Rochambeau was assessed at $100,000. Rochambeau sustained storm