 From 1917 , she was employed as a training ship for gunners and engineers . Post @-@ war , North Dakota made a second trip to Europe , primarily to ports in the Mediterranean Sea . During the visit , the ship was tasked with the return of the remains of the Italian ambassador , Vincenzo Macchi di Cellere , who had died 20 October 1919 in Washington , DC . The ship participated in the aerial bombing demonstrations off the Virginia Capes in 1921 . In 1923 , a third trip to Europe , this time with midshipmen from the Naval Academy aboard . The ship stopped in Spain , Scotland , and Scandinavia . 
