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Photo #  NH 105535:  Bow of S.S. Leviathan, showing anchors


Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --

S.S. Leviathan (American Passenger Liner, 1914) --
On Board and Miscellaneous Views


This page features views taken on board S.S. Leviathan and miscellaneous images related to her.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • S.S. Leviathan (American Passenger Liner, 1914). Originally the German S.S. Vaterland.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 105535

    S.S. Leviathan

    (American Passenger Liner, formerly the German S.S. Vaterland of 1914)

    View of the ship's bow, showing the three anchors carried there, circa the 1920s.
    This ship served as USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) in 1917-1919.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image size: 73KB; 505 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103158

    S.S. Leviathan
    (American Passenger Liner. Originally the German S.S. Vaterland of 1914)

    Steaming in heavy weather, October 1923. View looking forward from the ship's bridge, as she takes green water over the bow.
    This photograph may have been taken on 1 October 1923, when Leviathan encountered hurricane conditions while eastbound across the Atlantic.

    Collection of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 505 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103157

    S.S. Leviathan
    (American Passenger Liner. Originally the German S.S. Vaterland of 1914)

    Voyage card for the ship's eastward passage from New York to Cherbourg, 29 September - 5 October 1923.

    Collection of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103131

    S.S. Leviathan
    (American Passenger Liner. Originally the German Vaterland of 1914)

    Arriving at Le Havre, France, 16 June 1934.
    This photograph, taken by a "New York Times" Paris Bureau photographer, looks forward from atop the Leviathan's superstructure while she was being assisted by harbor tugs.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103132

    S.S. Leviathan
    (American Passenger Liner. Originally the German Vaterland of 1914)

    Arriving at Le Havre, France, 16 June 1934.
    This photograph, taken by a "New York Times" Paris Bureau photographer, looks past Leviathan's bridge wing as she passes a harbor breakwater.
    Note life ring bearing the ship's name, pelorus and wooden gratings on the deck.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 560 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103133

    S.S. Leviathan
    (American Passenger Liner. Originally the German Vaterland of 1914)

    Arriving at Le Havre, France, 16 June 1934.
    This photograph, taken by a "New York Times" Paris Bureau photographer, looks aft along the starboard side from atop Leviathan's superstructure, while she was being assisted by harbor tugs.
    Note lifeboats and smokestack stays.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103134

    S.S. Leviathan
    (American Passenger Liner. Originally the German Vaterland of 1914)

    Arriving at Le Havre, France, 16 June 1934.
    This photograph, taken by a "New York Times" Paris Bureau photographer, looks forward along the starboard side from atop Leviathan's superstructure, while she was coming alongside the wharf.
    Note port cranes and what appears to be a large mobile gangway on the wharf.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     

    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • S.S. Leviathan (American Passenger Liner, 1914). Originally the German S.S. Vaterland.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 30 October 2005
    New image added 9 March 2008