▁bring ▁her ▁to ▁the ▁US . ▁ ▁US ▁bomb ing ▁target ▁In ▁July ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁the ▁Army ▁Air ▁Service ▁and ▁the ▁US ▁Navy ▁conducted ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁bomb ing ▁tests ▁off ▁Cape ▁Henry , ▁led ▁by ▁General ▁Billy ▁Mitchell . ▁The ▁targets ▁included ▁dem obil ized ▁American ▁and ▁former ▁German ▁war ships , ▁including ▁the ▁old ▁batt les hip ▁, ▁the ▁cru iser ▁, ▁and ▁finally ▁Ost f ries land ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁July . ▁At ▁ 1 3 : 3 0   ET , ▁the ▁first ▁attack ▁wave , ▁armed ▁with ▁ ▁bomb s , ▁struck ▁the ▁station ary ▁ship . ▁E ight ▁of ▁thirty - three ▁bomb s ▁found ▁their ▁mark , ▁after ▁which ▁the ▁ship ▁was ▁ins pected . ▁The ▁second ▁wave ▁was ▁also ▁armed ▁with ▁ 2 3 0   lb ▁bomb s , ▁and ▁the ▁third ▁and ▁fourth ▁carried ▁ ▁bomb s . ▁Five ▁ 6 0 0   lb ▁bomb s ▁found ▁their ▁mark , ▁but ▁little ▁damage ▁was ▁done ▁to ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁to ps ide . ▁The ▁bomb s ▁that ▁nearly ▁missed ▁the ▁ship , ▁however , ▁had ▁done ▁significant ▁under water ▁damage ▁to ▁the ▁h ull , ▁which ▁allowed ▁some ▁flo oding ▁and ▁created ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁five ▁degrees ▁to ▁port ▁and ▁three ▁additional ▁feet ▁of ▁draft ▁at ▁the ▁stern . ▁The ▁bomb ing ▁schedule ▁was ▁interrupted ▁by ▁a ▁storm ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁afternoon . ▁ ▁Early ▁on ▁the ▁morning ▁of ▁ 2 1 ▁July , ▁the ▁fifth