Photo #: NH 103156
S.S. Vaterland (German Passenger Liner, 1914)
Arriving at New York City on 29 July 1914, three days before
Germany's declaration of war on Russia began World War I.
In 1917, following nearly three years of war-enforced inactivity,
this ship became USS Leviathan (ID # 1326).
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Collection of Captain Cyrus R. Miller, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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