After commissioning, she visited the United States in 1909 during the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, before returning to Germany to serve in the reconnaissance force of the High Seas Fleet for three years.
入役后，它先是于1909年的哈德逊－富尔顿庆典（英语：Hudson–Fulton Celebration）期间出访美国，然后返回德国在公海舰队的侦察部队服役了三年。