sentences:  The old "Cormoran" was laid up at Tsingtao with serious maintenance issues and unable to go to sea, and her armaments were transferred to the captured merchant ship.On 10 August 1914, the new "Cormoran" (or "Cormoran II") left Tsingtao harbor and sailed through the South Pacific region.After Japan declared war on the German Empire, her warships discovered and pursued the "Cormoran", forcing her to seek refuge in Apra Harbor, in the U.S.