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SS Leviathan, originally built as the Vaterland, was an ocean liner which regularly crossed the North Atlantic from 1914 to 1934. The second of three sister ships built for Germany's Hamburg America Line for their transatlantic passenger service, she sailed as the Vaterland for less than a year before her early career was halted by the start of World War I. In 1917, she was seized by the U.S. government and renamed Leviathan. She would become known by this name for the majority of her career, both as a troopship during World War I and later as the flagship of the United States Lines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Leviathan

"SS Leviathan, originally built as the Vaterland, was an ocean liner which regularly crossed the North Atlantic from 1914 to 1934. The second of three sister ships built for Germany's Hamburg America Line for their transatlantic passenger service, she sailed as the Vaterland for less than a year before her early career was halted by the start of World War I. In 1917, she was seized by the U.S. government and renamed Leviathan. She would become known by this name for the majority of her career, both as a troopship during World War I and later as the flagship of the United States Lines."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Leviathan

Similar photo at hoboken.pastperfectonline.com/photo/770697A8-6BFC-4ED6-9D...

Thanks Richard Norton and Art Siegel, we'll update our catalog record.

The ship in the background is USS Leviathan (ID-1326) (ex- SS Vaterland). See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Leviathan

Please update when more is known: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107986085

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/49502062633/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_A._Britten "Frederick Albert Britten (November 18, 1871 – May 4, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois." His wife was Alma Hand Britten www.findagrave.com/memorial/208637380/alma-britten

Evening star. July 15, 1923, Image 87, column 1, left, second photo down chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1923-07-15/ed-... indicates that the Brittens sailed to Europe on the maiden voyage of the Leviathan.