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Later renamed to: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Leviathan

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The Germans built excellent ships. Beautiful ones too. The barstards.

Albert Davis Lasker (May 1, 1880 – May 30, 1952) was an American businessman who played a major role in shaping modern advertising. He was raised in Galveston, Texas, where his father was the president of several banks. Moving to Chicago, he became a partner in the advertising firm of Lord & Thomas. He created and produced many successful ad campaigns. He made new use of radio, changing popular culture and appealing to consumers' psychology. A Republican, he designed new ways to advertise election campaigns, especially the Warren Harding campaign of 1920, and became a philanthropist. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lasker

See also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/43058709685/

From the Wikipedia article cited by Richard Norton "On June 9, 1921, President Harding's appointment of Lasker as chairman of the United States Shipping Board was confirmed by the US Senate. Lasker took the job on the condition that he would serve no more than two years. ... His accomplishments included the refitting of the SS Leviathan for passenger service, as well as originating ship-to-shore telephone services. Lasker, who had no previous experience in the shipping business before his appointment, true to his word, ended his service in office on July 1, 1923."

The Evening Star. July 11, 1923, page 4, column 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1923-07-11/ed-... confirms that Lasker sailed as a passenger on the first transatlantic voyage of the Leviathan as a passenger ship under the American flag.

The ocean liner Leviathan arrived in New York City with a shipload of troops on March 6, 1919, according to front page coverage in the March 7, 1919, New York Times.