Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Potsdam" daga baya aka yi amfani dashi a matsayin jirgin ruwa a Gdynia, Poland. Daga baya aka yi amfani da shi a matsayin jirgin ruwa mai aiki da ke aiki da tashar jiragen ruwa na Norwegian da Baltic. Ta shiga cikin kwashewa daga Gabashin Prussia
Ka yi haƙuri. An kama shi a ranar 13 ga Mayu 1945 a Flensburg kuma an ba shi zuwa Ma'aikatar Sufurin Yaki. "Potsdam" aka sake masa suna "Jewel Empire". Ta isa Kiel a ranar 19 ga Yuni kuma an sanya mai tsaron makamai a cikin jirgin don hana Jamusawa amfani da ita don toshe Kaiser Wilhelm Kanal. Daga nan sai ta tashi zuwa Brunsbüttel inda masu tsaron makamai suka bar. Bayan makonni uku tare da ma'aikatan Jamusawa a cikin jirgin, ta tashi a ranar 20 ga Yuli zuwa Methil, Fife, United Kingdom.