blohmundvoss

poor Vaterland, barely in service and then lost. She was not a much loved ship though she had a long and generally successful career after the war with the US as as SS Leviathan

see

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Leviathan

SS Leviathan, the ocean liner originally built as Vaterland (meaning "Fatherland" in German), was seized by the United States Shipping Board when the United States entered World War I on 6 April 1917 and served as a troop carrier until she was decommissioned in late 1919. The Wikipedia article says, "Having languished in political limbo at her Hoboken pier until April 1922, a decision was finally made and $8,000,000 in funds were allocated to sail Leviathan to Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, for her 14-month reconditioning and refurbishment. War duty and age meant that all wiring, plumbing, and interior layouts were stripped and redesigned while her hull was strengthened and her boilers converted from coal to oil while being refurbished; virtually a new ship emerged. ... She immediately proved popular with the American public in the '20s, starting her career fully booked for her maiden voyage departing on 4 July 1923." See Americus Times-Recorder. June 20, 1923, Page 4 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89053204/1923-06-20/ed-... for a piece on her re-fit, which says, "LARGEST vessel afloat, equipped and appointed more luxuriously than any other craft in the world, the mighty steamship Leviathan, flying the house flag of the United States Lines will sail from New York on July 4 for her first trip to Southampton." The Atlanta Tri-weekly Journal. June 21, 1923, Page 6 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89053713/1923-06-21/ed-... reports on a 5-day trial voyage for the Leviathan from Boston to Cuba.

For more Flickr pictures, many from the Bain collection, tagged "USS Leviathan (ID-1326)" see www.flickr.com/photos/tags/ussleviathanid1326

Some of the people on the 5-day sea trial voyage are listed in timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1923/06/20/10599548...

Thanks for providing the additional background information as well as referencing the related photos of the Leviathan, swanq.

Daughters of the 4th Earl Grey, Albert Henry George Grey (1851-1917), Governor General of Canada, and his wife Alice Holford: Lady Evelyn Alice Grey (1886-1971) married Sir Lawrence Evelyn Jones in 1912; her sister Lady Sybil Grey (1882-1966) married Lambert William Middleton in 1922. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Grey,_4th_Earl_Grey

this gives a much better idea of how really huge the ship was

pennylrichardsca, Thanks for the full names of these ladies. We will add to the record when we update.