Description: SS Leviathan / Vaterland - German Seized Passenger Ship - WWI: The Leviathan was built as the Vaterland for Germany’s Hamburg-American Line. The ship had crossed the Atlantic only seven times when war broke out in Europe in 1914. She was laid up for safekeeping at her pier in Hoboken, New Jersey, but when the United States entered World War I in 1917, the American government seized the Vaterland and converted her into a troopship. Renamed Leviathan on the suggestion of President Woodrow Wilson and operated by the navy, she carried 94,000 troops to France, one-sixth the total American deployment in Europe. From 1919 to 1922, she was again laid up in New York Harbor. After a complete reconditioning at Newport News, Virginia, she reentered commercial service as the flagship of the new United States Lines, which operated her for the U.S. Shipping Board until 1929. Subsequently sold into private hands, the ship ran until 1934. High operating costs and low passenger numbers during the Depression led to the Leviathan being laid up in New York Harbor (again) until 1938, when she sailed to Scotland and was scrapped. This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good condition but there is some creasing. No. K 1946.
Price: 8.5 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
End Time: 2024-12-19T03:05:54.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Size: Fold Out Postcard (Closed: 3½" x 5½"; Open: 3½" x 11")
Material: Paper
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Unbranded
Subject: SS Leviathan / Vaterland
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Era: Divided Back (1907-1915)
Theme: Landscapes, Militaria, Nautical, Transportation, World War I, Tug Boat, SS Leviathan, Vaterland, Germany’s Hamburg-American Line, Passanger Ship
Features: Panoramic
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Unposted
