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uss leviathan in her dazzle camouflage running at 22 knots real photo postcard ca. 1918
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uss leviathan in her dazzle camouflage running at 22 knots real photo postcard ca. 1918
American ex-German troopships America, Leviathan and George Washington
In 1914, when WW1 just began, some German ships remained in neutral ports in USA, because it was too dangerous to go back to Europe. Later in 1917 those ships were seized by American Navy Not every ship voluntarily surrendered, some of them struggled, but neither of them were ever returned to their homeland...
This trio later will become the United States Lines' flagships. And all began only with "staying in neutral port for a while"
An interesting thing: there was a local newspaper onboard of George Washington. It was called "The Hatchet" and had a motto "We Cannot Tell a Lie". And what an irony that the story about chopped cherry tree was a myth actually...
USS LEVIATHAN (ID-1326) arrives with 8,000 U.S. troops, as she pulled into her dock at New York City. She was the largest transport in American service at the time.
Photographed by Kadel & Herbert on February 8, 1919
NARA: 26433439
MERRY CHRISTMAS (2 days late!)
I put so much effort into putting almost all of my fucking Trek ocs onto one canvas. Here you guys go, hope you've all had a most splendid holiday season!
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LEVIATHAN (LOC) by The Library of Congress Via Flickr: Bain News Service,, publisher. LEVIATHAN [between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.36078 Call Number: LC-B2- 6025-2
uss leviathan, formerly vaterland, being coaled in brest, france during wwi. the photographer stands on the port bridge wing looking aft. postcard ca. 1918
"Coaling the Leviathan" by James Patrick Aylward.
NARA: 17400659
S.S. Leviathan (formerly German S.S. Vaterland of 1914) in drydock at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1923. She is undergoing preparations for her maiden voyage under the United States Lines flag, which commenced on July 4 of that year.
NHHC: NH 43035