sentences:  The crew, as well as survivors from another of his victims, USS "Merak", a freighter seized by the US and assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, escaped the lightship and rowed to shore.Kophamel remained in service after the war, and from April 1919 until June 1920 he commanded the light cruiser SMS Strassburg.Kophamel was promoted to "Fregattenkapitän" on 31 August 1920, the day he left the service.