With the war going against the Austrians by the end of 1918, "Zrínyi" was prepared for transfer to the new State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. On 10 November 1918, just one day before the end of the war, navy officers sailed the battleship out of Pola (Pula) and surrendered to a squadron of American submarine chasers. Following the handover to the United States Navy, she was briefly designated USS "Zrínyi". In the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the transfer was not recognized; instead, "Zrínyi" was given to Italy and broken up for scrap.