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The SS Leviathan steaming out of New York Harbor.
Career
Flags:	Germany 1913-1917 U. S. Navy 1917-1919 United States 1919-1938
Launched:	13 April 1913
US Navy Commission:	July 1917
US Navy Decommission:	29 October 1919
Fate:	Broken up, 6 June 1938
General characteristics
Tonnage:	54,282 gross tons
Length:	950 ft
Beam:	100 ft 4 in
Draft:	37 ft 9 in
Speed:	26 knots
Passengers:	1,165 as originally configured; 14,000 as a troop transport
Armament:	(World War I only) 8 × 6 in, 2 × 1-pounder gun, 2 × machine gun
The USS Leviathan in a dazzle camouflage pattern. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

SS Leviathan, originally built as the SS Vaterland, was an ocean liner which regularly sailed the North Atlantic from 1913 to 1914 and 1917 to 1934. The second of a trio of transatlantic liners built by Germany's HAPAG Line for the transatlantic passenger service, she would sail as the Vaterland for less than a year before her early career was halted by the start of World War I. Hapag-Lloyd is a German transportation company comprising a cargo container Shipping line Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, and a cruise The term transatlantic refers to something occurring all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All In 1917, she was seized by the U. S. government and renamed the Leviathan. She would become known by this name for the majority of her career, both as a troopship during World War I and later as the flagship of the United States Lines. United States Lines was a transatlantic Shipping company that operated cargo services from 1921 to 1989 and Ocean liners until 1969&mdashmost famously the SS

Contents 1 German service 2 World War I 3 American service 4 Trivia 5 Notes 6 External links

German service

SS Vaterland, a 54,282 gross ton passenger liner, was built by Blohm & Voss at Hamburg, Germany, as the second of a trio of very large ships of the Imperator class for the Hamburg-America Line's trans-Atlantic route. A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one Seaport to another along regular long-distance Maritime routes according to a schedule Blohm + Voss is a German shipbuilding and engineering works It was founded on April 5, 1877, by Hermann Blohm and Ernst Voss as a Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Hapag-Lloyd is a German transportation company comprising a cargo container Shipping line Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, and a cruise The term transatlantic refers to something occurring all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. She was launched 13 April 1913 and was the largest passenger ship in the world upon its completion, superseding SS Imperator and later being superseded by the last ship of this class, SS Bismarck, the later RMS Majestic. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A passenger ship is a Ship whose primary function is to carry passengers History The first plates of her Keel were laid in 1910 at the Vulcan Shipyards in Hamburg, and she made her maiden voyage in 1913 Construction and handover The Majestic was built by the Blohm & Voss shipbuilders in Hamburg, Germany and was launched on 20 June Construction and handover The Majestic was built by the Blohm & Voss shipbuilders in Hamburg, Germany and was launched on 20 June

Vaterland had made only a few trips when, in late July 1914, she arrived at New York, NY just as World War I broke out. The City of New York World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All With a safe return to Germany rendered virtually impossible by British dominance of the seas, she was laid up at her Hoboken, NJ, terminal and remained immobile for nearly three years. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927 Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

World War I

She was seized by the United States Shipping Board when the United States entered World War I, 6 April 1917; turned over to the custody of the U.S. Navy in June 1917; and commissioned July 1917 as the USS Vaterland ^[1] , Captain J. W. Oman in command. The United States Shipping Board was established as an emergency agency by the Shipping Act (39 Stat The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Joseph Wallace Oman (1864&ndash1941 was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy and veteran of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine-American Redesignated SP-1326 and renamed Leviathan by President Woodrow Wilson on 6 September 1917. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started The trial cruise to Cuba on 17 November 1917, prompted Captain Oman to order 241 Marines, onboard to relieve a detachment of Devil Dogs, to station themselves conspicuously about the upper decks giving the appearance from shore that the great ship was headed overseas to increase American Expeditionary Forces. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers ^[2] Upon her return later that month, she reported for duty with the Cruiser and Transport Force. The Cruiser and Transport Service was a unit of the United States Navy 's Atlantic Fleet during World War I that was responsible for transporting American In December she took troops to Liverpool, England, but repairs delayed her return to the U. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland S. until mid-February 1918. A second trip to Liverpool in March was followed by more repairs. At that time she was repainted with the British-type "dazzle" camouflage scheme that she carried for the rest of the war. Dazzle camouflage, also known as Razzle Dazzle or Dazzle painting, was a Camouflage paint scheme used on Ships extensively during World Camouflage is a method of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible Organism With the completion of that work, Leviathan began regular passages between the U. S. and Brest, France, delivering up to 14,000 persons on each trip, carrying over 119,000 fighting men, before the armistice 11 November 1918. Brest (bʁɛst in French, in Breton) is a city in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The armistice treaty between the Allies and Germany was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on November 11, 1918 Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare After that date Leviathan, repainted grey overall by December 1918, reversed the flow of men as she transported the veterans back to the United States with nine westward crossings ending 8 September 1919. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common On 29 October 1919, USS Leviathan was decommissioned and turned over to the U. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II S. Shipping Board and again laid up at Hoboken until plans for her future employment could be determined.

American service

These finally materialized and, in April 1922 the ship steamed to Newport News, Virginia, where she was completely renovated to suit American tastes and post-World War I standards. Newport News is an Independent city in Virginia. It is at the south-western end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River Her reconditioning completed in June 1923, the Board turned her over to the United States Lines to operate on their behalf as the U. United States Lines was a transatlantic Shipping company that operated cargo services from 1921 to 1989 and Ocean liners until 1969&mdashmost famously the SS S. Flag ocean liner Leviathan.

As SS Leviathan, she was the "queen" of the United States' merchant fleet, and operated in the trans-Atlantic trade into the early 1930s. Dubbed "Levi Nathan", the ship was reasonably popular, but because of her American registry she had to sail as a "dry ship" under Prohibition and many American travellers preferred European liners which were permitted to serve liquor once they were in international waters. Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as Noble Experiment, refers to a Sumptuary law which prohibits Alcohol Despite this handicap, the Leviathan in 1927 was the #1 ship on the Atlantic in terms of average passengers carried per crossing. The Great Depression hit passenger shipping hard and the Leviathan, like other big liners of the time, began to lose money. She was laid up in 1933 and, with the exception of several months of additional service in 1934, was inactive until 10 December 1937, when she was sold to a British firm and made her final Atlantic crossing to Rosyth, Scotland shortly thereafter, where she was broken up on over the next two years. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rosyth (pronounced Ross-sythe ( Scottish Gaelic: Ros Saidhe or Ros Saoithe) is a town located on the Firth of Forth on Scotland 's Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

Trivia

• When completed in the spring of 1914 she surpassed her slightly older near-sister, SS Imperator, as the world's largest ship. Spring is one of the four Temperate Seasons Spring marks the transition from Winter into Summer. History The first plates of her Keel were laid in 1910 at the Vulcan Shipyards in Hamburg, and she made her maiden voyage in 1913 Vaterland held this honor until 1922, when the last of the three big near-sister German liners, the 56,551 gross ton SS Bismarck, was delivered after a long delay and almost immediately became the British liner Majestic. Construction and handover The Majestic was built by the Blohm & Voss shipbuilders in Hamburg, Germany and was launched on 20 June
• No U. S. flag commercial ship approached her size until 1952, when the SS United States was completed. Construction Inspired by the exemplary service of the British liners and which transported hundreds of thousands of U
• As the USS Leviathan (in troopship service 1917-19) she held the record as the heaviest ship operated by the U. S. Navy until after World War II, when new classes of large aircraft carriers were commissioned. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including An aircraft carrier is a Warship designed with
• The SS Leviathan Orchestra recorded some gramophone records in the early 1920s, and helped inspire the name for a later band, The New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra. A gramophone The New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra is a revival Orchestra that performs authentic orchestrations of vintage American popular music from the 1890s through the early
• Director Alfred Hitchcock wanted to use the Vaterland/Leviathan as a stand-in for a proposed motion picture extravaganza about the Titanic tragedy. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Construction The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland Before Hitchcock could secure use of the ship, her owners sold her instead to the scrapyards in Great Britain. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands
• Actor Humphrey Bogart served onboard the Leviathan during his enlistment in the United States Navy.

Notes

External links

• history.navy.mil: USS Leviathan
• The Vaterland / Leviathan Home at Atlantic Liners

Records
Preceded by SS Imperator	World's largest passenger ship 1914 – 1922	Succeeded by Majestic

History The first plates of her Keel were laid in 1910 at the Vulcan Shipyards in Hamburg, and she made her maiden voyage in 1913 A passenger ship is a Ship whose primary function is to carry passengers Construction and handover The Majestic was built by the Blohm & Voss shipbuilders in Hamburg, Germany and was launched on 20 June

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