A ranar 7 ga Afrilu, 1910, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ya yi baftisma da ita bayan kawunsa, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Shugaban Ma'aikatan Sojojin Prussian a tsakiyar karni na 19. A ranar 11 ga Satumba, 1911, wani ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa ya koma jirgin daga Hamburg zuwa Kiel ta hanyar Skagerrak. A ranar 30 ga Satumba, an ba da jirgin, a karkashin jagorancin Kapitän zur See von, kuma ya maye gurbin Roon a cikin Rundunar Reconnaissance. Gwaje-gwajen teku sun ci gaba har zuwa 1 ga Afrilu, 1912. Moltke ita ce babban jirgin ruwa na Jamus da ya ziyarci Amurka. A ranar 11 ga Mayu, 1912, ta bar Kiel, tare da masu tafiya da haske da Stettin, kuma suka isa Hampton Roads, Virginia, a ranar 30 ga Mayu, 1912.
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