LEVIATHAN ID 1326
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
- Transport
- VATERLAND (Passenger Liner) Operated by Hamburg America Line of Germany
- USS VATERLAND ID-1326 Commissioned July 25 1917
- USS LEVIATHAN ID-1326 Decommissioned October 29 1919
- LEVIATHAN (Passenger Liner) Laid up in Hoboken until 1922 then refurbished
Built 1913 as German Passenger Liner VATERLAND
Launched April 3 1913 - Completed April 29 1914
Seized April 6 1917 in Hoboken NJ by U.S. Government upon its entry into WWI
Transferred to U.S. Navy June 1917 and converted to a troopship
Renamed September 6 1917
Transferred to United States Shipping Board (USSB)
Operated by United States Lines from 1923 to 1934
United States Lines was part of USSB until March 1929 then sold to private interests
Sold December 10 1937 to a British firm for scrap
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
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- Leviathan Covers Page 1 (1917-27)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.
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existing example.
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Postmark Type |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
c1917 |
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Note:
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Locy Type 2rz |
c1917 |
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A souvenir folder complete with 9 photographs of the ship, exterior and interior.
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U.S. SEAPOST Duplex |
1927-03-04 |
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As S.S. LEVIATHAN (Merchant Service)
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New York NY |
1927-07-31 |
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S.S. LEVIATHAN (Merchant Service). First Airmail, Steamer to Shore.
Other Information
LEVIATHAN was the largest ship in the U.S. Merchant Fleet until the completion of S.S. United States in 1952
NAMESAKE - Something unusually large for its kind...Used to describe a ship or whale
Also the monsterous sea creature of The Book of Job in The Bible
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