Ka cika wannan jumla: Ƙasar Amirka ba ta saka hannu a yaƙin da aka yi a Turai a watan Agusta na shekara ta 1914 ba.
juyin juya halin kasar ya sa sojojin ruwan Amurka suka shagaltu a wannan shekarar. "North Dakota" ya tashi daga Veracruz, inda ya isa ranar 26 ga Afrilu, 1914, kwana biyar bayan da sojojin Amurka suka mamaye birnin. Ta yi tafiya a bakin tekun Mexico don kare Amurkawa a kasar har zuwa Oktoba, lokacin da ta koma Norfolk, Virginia, ta isa ranar 16 ga Oktoba. Yayin da yaƙin ya yi kusa, Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Atlantic ta fara horo sosai don shirya don yiwuwar shiga Amurka cikin rikici.